Size Matters: Microservices Research and Applications
This is an incremental overview chapter for readers of a book on microservices.
This chapter provides an introductory overview of microservices, discussing current research challenges and real-life software applications where the paradigm plays a key role, and identifies areas for new ideas and technical solutions.
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.