Microservices architecture has emerged as a prominent approach in modern software development, enabling the design and deployment of applications as a collection of loosely coupled, independently deployable services. This study explores the principles, benefits, and challenges of microservices architecture, emphasizing its role in improving scalability, maintainability, and agility in software systems. The paper examines key implementation strategies, including service decomposition, API management, containerization, and orchestration using platforms like Docker and Kubernetes. Additionally, it discusses important aspects such as inter-service communication, data management, fault tolerance, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Challenges including service coordination, monitoring, security, and performance optimization are analyzed, along with practical solutions and best practices. The study also highlights real-world applications across industries such as e-commerce, finance, healthcare, and IoT. Concluding, microservices architecture is positioned as a critical enabler of modern cloud-native applications, facilitating rapid development, scalability, and resilience in complex software ecosystems.
Rohan Deshpande (Tue,) studied this question.