What is a microservice architecture?

Imagine you’re planning a big party, and you need various things to make it happen: food, music, decorations, and games.

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Now, you have two options:

1. Monolithic Approach: You could go to a one-stop party shop, where you get everything. This is convenient but what if the shop doesn’t have the specific type of music you like or the exact games you want? This is like a traditional monolithic application, where every part of the application — user interface, database, server logic, etc., is all in one big package. It’s convenient and straightforward, but not very flexible.
2. Microservice Architecture: On the other hand, you could visit a bakery for the best cake, a music store for a great selection of tunes, a party supply store for decorations, and a toy store for games. Each of these specializes in one thing and does it really well. This is like a microservice architecture in the world of software development.

In microservice architecture, an application is split into several smaller services, each responsible for a specific function (like the bakery, music store, etc.). These services are:

• Independent: Just like you can go to any bakery or music store you want, each service in a microservice architecture operates independently. If one service fails, the others keep working, much like…