Microservices Architecture - What, Why and How

Chances are you have been musing over making the right choice between monolithic architectures and microservices architectures.

A microservices architecture is a great method of developing applications that has grown into a best practice. In this blog, let’s explore the what, why and how of this architecture.

What is Microservices Architecture?

Microservices architecture allows a large application to be separated into smaller independent parts that have their own areas of responsibility.

A microservices architecture is a type of application architecture wherein the application is crafted as a set of services. It offers the framework to develop, deploy, and maintain microservices architecture diagrams and services independently.

Each component of a microservice architecture has:

• 1. A CPU

• 2. A runtime environment

• 3. Often, a dedicated team working on it

Now let’s turn to the ‘Why’.

Why Microservices Architecture is important

A microservices architecture can offer some unique advantages over traditional architectures. Here are some key reasons why you should consider it:

• Continuous delivery -

With microservices, you will find each application in an independent container along with the environment it needs to run. So, each application can be edited in its container sans the risk of interfering with another application.

• Expansion of deployment velocity -

If an application succeeds in the development stage, it will work for the customer. This reduces time to market and boosts product reliability.

• Faster innovation to adapt to changing market conditions

Microservices help you to update and test applications swiftly, so you can stay abreast of market trends and adapt products at a good pace. This spells good news for innovators!

• Support for developers in building superior software products

Developers can build applications from various components and program each component in a language that’s suited to its function. This way, they aren’t forced to select a single language to use for everything.

• Cost reduction

Altering an application in a monolithic architecture can add to costs, since each part of the monolith interacts with other parts. A change in one place has an impact on other elements. This isn’t the case when it comes to microservices.

Now it’s time to have a look at the ‘How’ of this architecture.

How Microservices Architecture works

We know that microservices architecture is a set of services that communicate with each other through APIs. In tandem, these services classify bulky applications.

In a nutshell, microservices are enabled by:

• 1. containerization technology (Docker)

• 2. container orchestration tools (Kubernetes)

• 3. cloud computing, and

• 4. API gateways

Cloud computing shifts the responsibility from the user and places it on the organization to leverage servers to run services every time the user uses the application. This makes life easy for the user who now only needs to send and receive network calls to and from other computers.

In case you’d like to enhance scalability, agility, and/or delivery speed or if you want to craft an agile app that calls for fast delivery, microservices are an excellent option. Visit us at Nitor Infotech to learn more.

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