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1 year ago Microservices summary:
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Microservices are a way to organize a software application as a collection of small, independent services that communicate with each other over a network. Each service runs in its own process and is responsible for a specific business capability. This approach allows for greater flexibility, maintainability, and scalability compared to a monolithic architecture, where the entire application is built as a single, unified unit.
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In a microservices architecture, each service can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently, making it easier to update and maintain different parts of the application. This also allows for a more efficient use of resources, since each service only needs to have the resources required to perform its specific function. Additionally, microservices can be implemented using different programming languages, data storage technologies, and message protocols, depending on the specific requirements of the service.
Overall, Microservices is a software architecture approach which aligns with the idea of breaking down a big software into smaller, independent, manageable and deployable units.
Attendees that are new to this space may be overwhelmed with the overloaded terminology and buzzwords... The purpose of this section is to help attendees understand the core functionality of a service mesh product like Hashicorp Consul.
It will be beneficial to explain microservices basics, and service mesh core capabilities (the problem and the solution) to provide some context.