Micro-Services

What is a micro-service architecture?

is a way in which you build your application by breaking them down into smaller pieces and deploying them separately as separate processes possibly on separate machines/nodes and have them talk to each other so that they work together to form the application. Communication happens via APIs, a common choice is REST API and common payload is json.

Advantages of micro-service architecture?

• Easier to Build and Enhance

• Easier to Deploy

• Easier to Maintain, Troubleshoot, and Extend

• Technology Diversity

• Deliver Performance and Scale

• Simplify Real-Time Processing

• Smaller surface area for change

Challenges of micro-service architecture?

• Cross-Team Coordination

• Monitoring

• Multiple Instances

Micro-service architecture is best suited when?

When you have a large application with multiple teams working on it and you have a need for scaling , you need to scale up and down quickly. Not whole application but some services.

What is a monolithic application?

is your application which is deployed as a single unit. you don't have smaller services which talk to each other.