Microservices Architecture and Communication Patterns

About this course

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course will guide you through the essentials of microservices architecture and communication patterns. You will explore key communication strategies, such as synchronous and asynchronous communication, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and gRPC. The course dives into advanced patterns like API Gateways, service-to-service communication, and event-driven architectures, preparing you to design and implement scalable microservices systems. You will also delve into data management within microservices, learning about database patterns like Database-per-Service, polyglot persistence, and CQRS. The course offers practical applications, including handling real-world problems like network traffic issues, database bottlenecks, and long-running operations in microservices. This course is ideal for software developers and engineers who have a basic understanding of system architecture. It’s perfect for those wanting to dive into microservices and their complex communication and data management patterns. By the end, you’ll be ready to build robust microservices systems with efficient communication and data handling strategies. By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement microservices using various communication patterns, select appropriate databases for microservices, and optimize data management techniques, including CQRS and Event Sourcing.

Course objectives

• understand essential microservices architecture principles
• apply communication strategies in microservices
• address real-world problems in network traffic and data management