Microservices Patterns

By Jorge Nicolau

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Microservices Architectures are paramount on modern software development. Knowing the proper patterns to implement it is key to the success of software groundings suitable to the business needs.

Description

Microservice architecture (MSA) is the first approach for today application development. Though it solves certain problems, it has several drawbacks and when using this architecture, there are numerous issues that must be addressed. Common patterns in these problems and solve them with reusable solutions is certainly an enabler to a successful MSA. Among a number of pattern, the most relevant sorts are: Decomposition Patterns, Integration Patterns, Database Patterns, Observability Patterns & Cross-Cutting Concern Patterns. Let’s review them in order make a better design decisions on depicting a MSA.