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Hands-On Docker for Microservices with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On Docker for Microservices with Python Design, deploy, and operate a complex system with multiple microservices using Docker and Kubernetes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838823818
Length 408 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Microservices
2. Making the Move – Design, Plan, and Execute FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Designing and Operating a Single Service – Creating a Docker Container
4. Creating a REST Service with Python 5. Build, Run, and Test Your Service Using Docker 6. Creating a Pipeline and Workflow 7. Section 3:Working with Multiple Services – Operating the System through Kubernetes
8. Using Kubernetes to Coordinate Microservices 9. Local Development with Kubernetes 10. Configuring and Securing the Production System 11. Using GitOps Principles 12. Managing Workflows 13. Section 4: Production-Ready System – Making It Work in Real-Life Environments
14. Monitoring Logs and Metrics 15. Handling Change, Dependencies, and Secrets in the System 16. Collaborating and Communicating across Teams 17. Assessments 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 2

  1. What are the characteristics of RESTful applications?

While a RESTful application is understood as a web interface that makes URIs into object representations and manipulates them through HTTP methods (and normally formats the requests with JSON), the textbook characteristics of a REST architecture are as follows:

  • Uniform interface
  • Client-server
  • Stateless
  • Cacheable
  • Layered system
  • Code on demand (optional)

You can find out more about the REST architecture at https://restfulapi.net/.

  1. What are the advantages of using Flask-RESTPlus?

Some of the advantages of using Flask-RESTPlus are as follows:

  • Automatic Swagger generation.
  • A framework that can define and parse inputs and marshal outputs.
  • It allows us to structure the code in namespaces.
  1. What are some alternatives to Flask-RESTPlus?

Other alternatives include Flask-RESTful (this is similar to Flask-RESTPlus,...

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