1.1. The slow march toward monolithic hell1.1.1. The architecture of the FTGO application1.1.2. The benefits of the monolithic architecture1.1.3. Living in monolithic hell1.2. Why this book is relevant to you1.3. What you’ll learn in this book1.4. Microservice architecture to the rescue1.4.1. Scale cube and microservices1.4.2. Microservices as a form of modularity1.4.3. Each service has its own database1.4.4. The FTGO microservice architecture1.4.5. Comparing the microservice architecture and SOA1.5. Benefits and drawbacks of the microservice architecture1.5.1. Benefits of the microservice architecture1.5.2. Drawbacks of the microservice architecture1.6. The Microservice architecture pattern language1.6.1. Microservice architecture is not a silver bullet1.6.2. Patterns and pattern languages1.6.3. Overview of the Microservice architecture pattern language1.7. Beyond microservices: Process and organization1.7.1. Software development and delivery organization1.7.2. Software development and delivery process1.7.3. The human side of adopting microservicesSummary