Summary

In this chapter, we described what microservices are and how they have evolved from the concept of a module. Then, we talked about the advantages of microservices and when it is worth using them, as well as general criteria for their design. We also explained what Docker containers are and analyzed the strong connection between containers and microservice architectures.

Then, we took on a more practical implementation by describing all the tools that are available in .NET so that we can implement microservice-based architectures. We also described infrastructures that are needed by microservices and how Azure offers both container registries and container orchestrators.

This chapter was just a general introduction to microservices. Further chapters will discuss most of the subjects introduced here in more detail while showing practical implementation techniques and code examples.

This ends the first part of the book dedicated to fundamentals. The next chapter,...