Microservices is an architectural design for building a distributed modern application. Microservices break an application into independent, loosely-coupled, individually deployable services. Containers are a lightweight, efficient and standard way for applications to move between environments and run independently. Everything needed (except for the shared operating system on the server) to run the application is packaged inside the container object: code, run time, system tools, libraries and dependencies.
A microservices framework including microservices and containers creates a massively scalable and distributed system, which avoids the bottlenecks of a central database. It also enables continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for applications and modernizing the technology stack.
This page provides expert tips and insights on how to develop modern applications with microservices and containers.
By utilizing containerization, you’re able to create isolated environments where your code can run without interference from other system elements. Senior Consultant Joseph Abreu discusses how it works, the types of tasks it’s best suited for, and how it’ll make your code more secure.
Overcoming Versioning Challenges in Microservices
Thinking about switching to microservices? There’s one thing that many people don’t know about before they make the switch: versioning challenges. In this Tech in 2, Principal Consultant Mitch Mattek shares why this happens and how you can write code that avoids these issues from the start.
Why Now is the Time to Adopt Kubernetes
Kubernetes (K8s) has developed a very loyal community of users who have come to appreciate its many benefits, which include a high amount of fault tolerance and portability. After working in K8s on multiple client projects, Thomas Smith says there’s never been a better time to develop on this platform. Here’s why.
How to Avoid Stalling on Your Path to App Modernization
Application modernization can be an extremely worthwhile but enormous undertaking. There are many ways it can get bogged down. Here are four tips for an efficient application modernization process.
Making Sense of Microservices vs Serverless
Changing your architecture from a monolithic style to one encompassing microservices can have many benefits, but in a time when the tech community is still defining what microservices, serverless and even serverless microservices mean, understanding your options can get confusing. Learn more in this article.
Five Keys to Rebuilding Apps with Microservices
The cloud offers IT organizations an opportunity to break down applications into reusable pieces of functionality called microservices that can be combined and recombined in almost endless variations. Learn more about microservices in this article.
A SaaS company catering to the home construction industry had outdated product architecture that needed to be modernized for quicker product releases. We moved our client’s flagship applications to the Cloud so our team could build and deploy much more quickly, while also introducing Agile methodology to the development process. We then developed a new, modern application utilizing microservices.
As a result we streamlined the time it took to get their products to market, enabling them to generate revenue faster and get their clients the technology they need to revolutionize the home construction industry.
A leading automotive marketplace website needed to rearchitect its platform, and sought to move everything to the Cloud. We built a lean and flexible environment for this organization’s platform, that also allows them to optimize third-party solutions by using a vibrant API architecture.
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Through one of our Scrum-as-a-Service teams, Sparq helped BrandSafway replatform legacy applications that were scheduled to sunset.
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