Microservice is an architectural style of implementing independent services that can be deployed and managed in isolation. Microservices can be classified into three areas:
- Technical
- Architectural
- Organizational
Each classification is explained in the following table:
Technical |
Architectural |
Organizational |
Runs in its own process |
Bounded context |
Teams organized around business capabilities |
Faults are isolated into one location |
Ideal match with API Management, that is, SOA 2.0 |
Products not projects |
Is stateless |
Polyglot, any preferred program language can be used |
Culture of automation |
Deploys independently |
Single responsibility |
Smaller teams and works well using Agile like Scrum |
Scales independently |
Choreographed |
The responsibility is with the developer to build and run |
Owns its data. |
Smart end and... |