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What Everything You Need to Know About Microservices

Introduction

Just like technology, architectural style is a crucial concern in software development. This is why understanding different architectural patterns is important. While it may not be possible to cover all patterns in a single article, the focus of this particular article will be on microservices.

In this article, we will discuss what microservices are and the key differences between monolithic and microservices architectures. We will also discuss the benefits and disadvantages associated with Microservices.

By the end of this article, you will better understand microservices architecture and its benefits. You will also be able to decide whether microservices architecture is the right choice for your next project.

Monolithic vs. Microservices

Monolithic Structure

To understand Microservices fully, we need first to understand monolithic structures. It is more traditional architecture. Monolithic architecture is a time-tested approach that involves building everything as one big application.

Microservices

Microservices, on the other hand, are individual, self-contained services that can be deployed and scaled independently that involve breaking down an application into a bunch of smaller, independent services.

Why Microservice?

For small business owners, it can be a pain to scale if your app has monolithic architecture.

When you approach a company for application development, they will likely ask you about the architectural style you want to use. This is an important decision, as it can have a significant impact on the development cost and scalability of your application.

Monolithic architectures are simpler to develop and maintain, but they can be difficult to scale. If one part of the application becomes overloaded, it can affect the entire application. Microservices architectures are more complex to develop, but they are more scalable. If one service becomes overloaded, it will not affect the other services.

Here is an example to help you understand the difference between monolithic and microservice architectures.

Imagine you have a social media app that has user management, posting, commenting, and liking features. If one service, say user management, gets a lot of traffic, it will use more resources and affect the other services. This is because all the services are tightly coupled together. To fix this, you would need to scale the entire application, which can be time-consuming and expensive.

A better approach is to break the services down into microservices. This means that each service will be responsible for a specific task, such as user management, posting, or commenting. This makes the services loosely coupled, which means that if one service gets overloaded, the others will not be affected. This makes it much easier to scale the application because you can simply scale the individual services that need it, not the entire application.

Characteristics of Microservices

Autonomy: Microservices exhibit loose coupling, enabling independent deployment, development, and scalability. This facilitates the effective management and maintenance of microservice-based applications.

Componentization: A prevailing approach involves dividing a system into smaller components. This permits individual focus on specific services or components, enabling independent modification and deployment without compromising the overall integrity of the application.

Specialization: Each service is designed to address a specific problem or provide a distinct set of capabilities. If a service becomes overly complex, it can be further broken down into smaller, more specialized services.

Benefits of Microservices

1. Agility

Microservices promote agility by dividing project work into small, independent teams. This approach allows each team to focus on a specific aspect of the application without affecting the other teams. This results in more efficient and faster work, as each team can work independently and focus on their own tasks.

Although working together can also be productive, having independent teams working simultaneously can reduce the development cycle. This is because each team can work on their own tasks without having to wait for the other teams to finish their work. This allows us to develop more customer-ready applications in less time.

2. Flexible Scaling

E-commerce platforms and other service-based applications often require frequent scaling of their systems. However, smaller companies may find it costly and labor-intensive to allocate more resources and scale the entire application. In contrast, microservices have gained popularity because they offer flexible scalability. This is why tech giants like Amazon, Netflix, eBay, and others have adopted microservices to achieve flexible scaling.

3. Easy Deployment

Loose coupling of services also promotes the easy deployment of applications by enabling the deployment of specific services that have undergone continuous improvements. This eliminates the need for developers to extensively rework the entire codebase. As a result, businesses can effortlessly include new features as required without significant effort.

4. Technological Freedom

In a microservices architecture, teams can choose the tools and technologies that work best for them. This means that they can use the latest tools, or they can stick with tried-and-true solutions. They can also use a mix of different tools, depending on the specific needs of each microservice.

For example, you start building a microservice that requires storing a lot of data. You could use a traditional relational database, but this might not be the best choice. Relational databases are not designed for high-performance storage, so you might end up with a slow and inefficient microservice.

Instead, you could use a NoSQL database, which is specifically designed for high-performance storage. NoSQL databases are more flexible than relational databases, so you can choose the right data model for your needs. This will lead to a faster and more efficient microservice.

The flexibility of microservices architecture allows you to mix the best tools and technologies for the job.

5. Reusable Code

Imagine you have a big piece of software that does many different things. Instead of having all the code in one huge chunk, you divide it into smaller, well-defined parts called modules.

These modules are like building blocks that have specific functions. For example, one module might handle user authentication; another module might handle database operations, and so on. Each module can be used independently to perform its specific task.

Now, the good thing is that these modules can be reused in different parts of the software. So, if you have a module that handles user authentication, you can use it not only in one part of the software but also in other parts that require user authentication. This saves time and effort because you don’t have to write the same code multiple times.

Similarly, in a microservices structure, you can reuse services if the same functionality is needed in different parts of the software. This promotes efficiency by avoiding redundant code and allowing the same service to be utilized in multiple areas as needed.

6. Resilience

With microservices, applications are divided into smaller, independent services that work together. If a single microservice doesn’t work, it doesn’t bring down the entire application. Instead, the application gracefully degrades its functionality, meaning it can still continue operating to some extent without crashing completely.

Why Spring for Microservices

Microservices can be developed using various programming languages and technologies. However, one of the most widely used frameworks for building microservices is Spring Boot using Java/Kotlin. Spring Boot has gained popularity for various good reasons.

Building microservices using SpringBoot is effortless and fast.

Spring Cloud provides tools for devs to build some of the common patterns in microservices in no time.

It comes with production-ready features like metrics, security, and embedded servers.

The Spring community is massive. If you ever get stuck, there are plenty of Spring developers out there to help you out.

Challenges With Microservice Architectures

Microservices are not all sunshine. Though they are great for scalability and flexibility, they also come with a few challenges. Let’s take a look at some of the inherent complexities of microservices architectures.

Automating the Components: The number of smaller components in a microservices architecture can make it difficult to automate everything. This includes builds, deployments, and monitoring. It is important to have a solid automation strategy in place to ensure that all of the components are managed effectively.

Perceptibility: The distributed nature of microservices can make it difficult to monitor and identify problems. It is important to have good visibility into all of the components in order to troubleshoot issues quickly. Centralized logging and dashboards can help to improve perceptibility.

Configuration Management: The configuration of microservices can be complex and difficult to manage. It is important to have a centralized configuration management system in place to ensure that all of the components are configured consistently. This will help to avoid errors and inconsistencies.

Debugging: Debugging microservices can be challenging because there are so many moving parts. It is important to have a good understanding of the architecture and how the components interact. Centralized logging and dashboards can also help with debugging.

Consistency: It is important to have some consistency in the way that microservices are implemented, deployed, and monitored. This will help to avoid chaos and make it easier to manage the architecture. However, it is also important to allow for some innovation and flexibility.

Read more at https://www.brilworks.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-microservices/

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10 Benefits of Microservices Architecture for your business 

Microservices Architecture is a structural style that arranges an application as a collection of loosely coupled services that communicate through a lightweight process.

Benefits of microservices architecture include- 

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