Size Matters: Microservices Research and Applications

TL;DR

This chapter provides an overview of microservices, discussing research challenges and real-world applications, highlighting areas for future research and development in the microservice paradigm.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive introduction to microservices, identifying key research challenges and practical applications to guide future work.

Findings

Microservices are crucial in modern software applications.

Research challenges include scalability, deployment, and integration.

Real-life applications demonstrate the paradigm's effectiveness.

Abstract

In this chapter we offer an overview of microservices providing the introductory information that a reader should know before continuing reading this book. We introduce the idea of microservices and we discuss some of the current research challenges and real-life software applications where the microservice paradigm play a key role. We have identified a set of areas where both researcher and developer can propose new ideas and technical solutions.