In this chapter, we are going to extend the web application that we implemented in Chapter 7, Online Video Game Store with Django. I don't know if you noticed, but there are a few important things missing in that project. The first is the ability to submit an order. As of right now, users can browse products and add items to the shopping cart; however, there's no way of sending the order and completing the purchase.
Another item that is missing is a page where the users of our application will be able to see all the orders that have been sent, as well as a history of their orders.
With that said, we are going to create a microservice called order, which will do everything related to orders made on the site. It will receive orders, update orders, and so on.
In this chapter, you will learn:
- The basics of how to create microservices
- How to use the...