Summary
In this chapter, we discussed the concepts of distributed systems and how the evolution of distributed systems paved the way for the microservice architecture, which helps organizations build robust applications with distributed systems concepts. We discussed the key characteristics of the microservice architecture and identified the advantages of it with a practical example of decomposing a monolithic healthcare application into a set of microservices. This chapter has helped you identify the challenges that exist in enterprise software platforms and how to tackle those challenges with microservice architecture principles. The concepts you learned about in this chapter can be used to build scalable, manageable software products for large- and medium-scale enterprises.
In the next chapter, we will get into the nitty-gritty details of building a microservice architecture. We will focus on the important aspects of inter-service communication with messaging technologies.
