From the course: Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros
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Microservices
From the course: Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros
Microservices
- [Instructor] Another trend in cloud computing is microservices, which is the componentization of a single large application to simplify the software process. Dealing with one huge application is quite out of date now. By breaking a larger application into small modules or components, allows the service to be delivered faster and more efficiently. A microservice architecture is a modular approach that breaks massive apps into small joined services or modules. Doing this makes it much easier for many different small teams to deliver multiple modules independent of the actual bulk application. And this enables the continuous delivery of fully updated software, which ultimately speeds up the app delivery cycle. Amazon is a prime example of microservice architecture at work. Amazon broke up its monolithic website and replaced it with numerous services that only communicated through their web-based interfaces. Netflix is another great example. While microservices have many benefits, there…
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