Advantages and drawbacks of a microservices-based application
Like any other technology, there are advantages and disadvantages in using microservices-based architecture. Several problems may appear during the implementation of microservices, but the advantages can overcome the complexity encountered during development.
The following are the advantages of the microservices architecture:
- Small multitask team.
- Services can be written in different languages. This is a positive point because depending on the service, a specific language may provide more tools than another in obtaining the functionality served by the service.
- The deployment is faster and integration is performed more automatically. Changes of requirements mean only the deployment of the related microservice.
- The latest libraries, frameworks, and technologies can be quickly used.
- Greater fault tolerance.
- The microservice is related to the product and not to the project. The developer has more freedom and thus can develop the service...