The Microservice Weekly

Orchestral manoeuvres in the Docker: A noob’s guide to microservices

Via: MICHAEL CRILLY

Given the hype around microservices, it’s tempting to question whether the task of managing microservices has also been oversold. Isn’t it just just like managing a traditional piece of software? Well, no. Here’s why.

7 secrets to scaling with microservices

Via: CHRISTIAN BEEDGEN

Follow these steps to ensure a successful transition from monolithic app to distributed microservices.

Training: Designing Microservice Architectures — Berlin

Via: RISINGSTACK

We are going to host a training called Designing Microservice Architectures in Berlin, on June 14th-15th. If you’d like to learn how to break down a monolith into microservices properly, join us!

Microservices in Adopt?

Via: REBECCA PARSONS

Microservices quickly made it to the Trial ring on the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar, but they’ve never made it into the Adopt ring. Let’s explore the question of why microservices aren’t in Adopt yet?

Microservices? Or Rather Monoliths? — After the Hype

Via: EBERHARD WOLFF

Microservices are currently attracting criticism because microservice systems often do not have a good structure. Although, the quality of the structure does not depend on whether the modules are microservices or classic modules.

Creating REST Microservices with Javalin

Via: CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN

Javalin is a lightweight web framework written for Java and Kotlin. It is modeled closely off of koa.js, which means it’s written from the ground up to be simple to understand and build on. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through steps of building a basic REST microservice using this light framework.

Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless, Service Mesh, and Beyond

Via: CHANAKA FERNANDO

Learn how all these technologies work together for more reliable, efficient microservices development and deployment, and how the Ballerina language helps.

In brief

Q&A with Bob McWhirter on WildFly Swarm Rename to Thorntail

Via: KESHA WILLIAMS

The monolith, microservices and serverless computing: pros and cons

Via: VOLODYMYR FEDAK

Why microservices and monoliths are not simple

Via: PHIL WILKINS