Harendra Kumar KanojiyaThere are many types of software design patterns available, MicroService-based architecture is one of the most common architectures that is widely used by big giants such as Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook. So basically you can say that we prefer to use the micro-service architecture to support large-scale systems due to its benefits, which we will see in a few minutes.
Before beginning with this article I want to let you know about how many types of main software architecture are available, below is the list of them —
- Monolithic
- Microservices
- Serverless
- Event-Driven
- Layered (N-Tier)
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Component-Based
- Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
What are Microservices?
The microservice-based architecture is a design pattern in which we divide the larger services into smaller independent services and those services can communicate with each other with the help of well-defined APIs. Every service has its roles and responsibilities and it focuses only on that business function. Some characteristics of microservice include:
- Modularity: We are developing the services in independent modules that are easy to develop, maintain, reuse, and scale.
- Decentralization: This is another key characteristic of microservice Architecture, different services can use different technologies such as databases, programming languages, etc.
- Scalability: We can scale independent services based on the demand which is more useful to optimize the resources.
- Autonomy: We can develop, deploy, and run each service independently, which helps us to improve flexibility and resilience.
- Continuous Deployment: The independent running service is more flexible to update and maintain, which helps to achieve continuous integration and deployment. read more
