Microservices Architecture Basics — Roadmap Step & Resources
Splitting a monolith into services and inter-service communication
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: MERN Stack
Study resources
- Microservices (Article) — Martin Fowler's foundational, widely-cited article defining the microservices architectural style.
- Microservices Explained In 5 Minutes (Video) — A short, clear explanation of microservices vs monoliths and their trade-offs.
- Microservices Explained in 100 Seconds (Video) — Fireship's rapid overview comparing monolithic applications with distributed microservices architecture.
- What are Microservices? (Video) — FreeCodeCamp and Software Engineering Daily provide an intuitive animated overview of microservices architectures.
Part of
- Advanced & Bonus Topics — section
- MERN Stack roadmap — the full learning path