July 2017
Beginner to intermediate
340 pages
7h 43m
English
Content preview from Python Microservices Development
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What this book covers
Chapter 1, Understanding Microservices, defines what microservices are, and their roles in modern web applications. It also introduces Python and explains why it's great for building microservices.
Chapter 2, Discovering Flask, introduces Flask and goes through its main features. It showcases the framework with a sample web application that will be the basis for building microservices.
Chapter 3, Coding, Testing, and Documenting - the Virtuous Cycle, describes the Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration approach, and how to use it in practice to build and package Flask applications.
Chapter 4, Designing Runnerly, takes you through the app features and user stories, explains how it could be built as a monolithic ...