An Architectural Approach to Creating a Cloud Application for Developing Microservices

TL;DR

This paper discusses an architectural approach to developing cloud applications with microservices, highlighting current trends, standards, and research gaps to guide practitioners and researchers.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of designing microservices in cloud applications, emphasizing emerging standards and identifying future research directions.

Findings

Microservices enhance scalability and adaptability of cloud applications.

Transitioning from monolithic to microservices is ongoing but still early.

Emerging standards are shaping microservices development.

Abstract

The cloud is a new paradigm that is paving the way for new approaches and standards. The architectural styles are evolving in response to the cloud's requirements. In recent years, microservices have emerged as the preferred architectural style for scalable, rapidly evolving cloud applications. The adoption of microservices to the detriment of monolithic structures, which are increasingly being phased out, is one of the most significant developments in business architecture. Cloud-native architectures make microservices system deployment more productive, adaptable, and cost-effective. Regardless, many firms have begun to transition from one type of architecture to another, though this is still in its early stages. The primary purpose of this article is to gain a better understanding of how to design microservices through developing cloud apps, as well as current microservices trends, the reason for microservices research, emerging standards, and prospective research gaps. Researchers and practitioners in software engineering can use the data to stay current on SOA and cloud computing developments.