? 73% of firms using microservices see it as beneficial for building next-generation services and applications. ? Nearly two-thirds of the organizations surveyed (63%) are building some (18%) or all (46%) of their applications using microservices. – DZone Microservices – AKA microservices service-orientated architecture – is a way of structuring software development as a collection of smaller applications that communicate via API, instead of a single monolithic program. 5 characteristics of microservices: ⏩ Loosely coupled and deployed independently, ⏩ Based on business capabilities, ⏩ Easy to integrate plug-and-play third-party APIs, ⏩ Each microservice runs its own process, so they’re easy to test, maintain and update, ⏩ Each microservice is typically owned by a small team.