Book summary

In Chapter 1, Serverless Microservices Architectures and Patterns, we started by looking at the different architectures that are used in many organizations. Rather than having you read many architecture books, watch many courses, and read numerous blog posts, we summarized the important principles and concepts. We focused on monolithic/multitier architecture, SOA, and microservices in particular. Then, we compared virtual machines, containers, and serverless computing by covering the benefits of using a serverless stack, such as pay per execution time, autoscaling inbound integration, and IAM role-based security. We explained some of the important microservice integration patterns and software design patterns and principles, and also covered the relevant serverless communication microservice patterns. We concluded this chapter by setting up our serverless environment...