Chapter 7. Microservices and Worker Applications
A traditional monolithic application is developed as one big application and then deployed as a whole. One of the drawbacks of monolithic applications is that, if one of the modules in the application stops working, then it takes down the entire application, causing significant downtime, which is not desirable. Additionally, the application teams are not agile in releasing new features, making new features available with a release in four to six months.
To be able to release features faster and more effectively, companies started investing in technology and encouraging developers to design applications using Microservices Architecture.
Microservices Architecture is not a new concept and it's getting more attention due to the evolution of new frameworks and design patterns.
In this chapter, we will discuss the Microservices Architecture in the context of Cloud Foundry. In Chapter 5, Architecting and Building Apps for the Cloud, you learned about...