The technical definition is….microservices are design patterns to turn complex applications into simple, fine-grained, reusable, and interoperable processes that can be modified and deployed independently of each other. Ok, a bit heavy…so let’s translate that, using some mental visuals. Imagine you’re 30 years in the future and you have a great family home, Jetson’s style…
Category: For App Developers
Implementing Microservices
I recently wrote about what microservices were, and why they are becoming so important. In this discussion, we’ll talk about implementing microservices, as well as touch on APIs and API Management – turns out they are crucial to a microservice architecture. Just a quick note – while you may see microservice and microservice architecture used…
Designing Culture for Microservices Teams
Don’t underestimate the impact of culture in your architecture Show Notes In the fifth episode of the API Academy’s podcast series, Ronnie Mitra and Mike Amundsen discuss why culture is important for application development. They also explore the challenges around designing and executing a supportive culture for microservices.
Security vs Time to Market – What’s More Important?
If you’re involved with launching new apps, you’ve likely heard of “API Security” – the need to provide a security model that protects the APIs (and corporate and customer data within them) you expose to developers for mobile/cloud/IoT integration. And yet, some of you will likely point out that applying security to your APIs can…
How To: Defining Microservices
In this presentation at CA World 2016, Matt defines microservices through goals, principles, characteristics and dependencies.
API360 Microservices Summit: The Automated Monolith
In this talk from the API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, Holger Reinhardt of Haufe Group tells the story of his company’s journey toward a microservice architecture, including the prerequisites they needed to include along the way.
API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices Implementation Lessons
This panel discussion from the API Academy’s API360 Microservices Summit in New York, June 2016, shares insights on effective practices for implementing and benefiting from a microservice architecture. The panelists are Erich Ess (Jet.com), Sangeeta Narayanan (Netflix), Cassandra Shum (Thoughtworks) and Adrian Trenaman (HBC Digital). The moderator is Lou Powell of Vanick Digital.
API360 Microservices Summit: Fostering Innovation
Mike Amundsen’s talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 explores the cultural elements that have contributed to the most successful microservices implementations.
API360 Microservices Summit: Microservices & the Web
Erik Wilde’s talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 shows what the World Wide Web and Web technologies can teach us about microservices and microservice architecture.
API360 Microservices Summit: Welcome & Introduction
Matt McLarty’s introductory talk from the API360 Summit in New York, June 2016 compares the field of software engineering to the transportation industry at the start of the 20th century, likening microservices and Docker to the introduction of the automobile and the assembly line, respectively.