Designing Microservices Architecture

Welcome to the world of microservices! In this lesson, we'll explore a powerful way to build applications that are flexible, scalable, and easier to manage.

You'll learn what microservices are, how they differ from traditional monolithic applications, and key strategies for designing them.

Before microservices, many applications were built as monoliths. A monolithic application is a single, unified block of code where all components (user interface, business logic, data access) are tightly coupled.

• Pros: Simple to develop and deploy initially.
• Cons: Can become complex, hard to scale specific parts, and slow to update as they grow.