Microservices Architecture: Building, Deploying, and Scaling Distributed Systems

By William M. Jackson

**Microservices Architecture: Building, Deploying, and Scaling Distributed Systems** is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing modern software systems that are resilient, scalable, and built for change. It traces the evolution from monolithic applications to modular and microservices-based architectures, explaining the principles that make distributed systems successful, including autonomy, loose coupling, domain-driven design, and service isolation. The book also helps teams assess organizational readiness, establish boundaries around services, and make informed architectural decisions that support long-term maintainability and rapid delivery.

From architecture and design to implementation details, the book explores how to build effective microservices using clear service granularity, well-defined APIs, and resilient communication patterns. It covers synchronous and asynchronous interactions, event-driven systems, service mesh technologies, orchestration, and choreography across polyglot environments. Readers will also gain a deep understanding of distributed data management, including service-owned databases, eventual consistency, transactional sagas, and secure approaches to handling sensitive or regulated data.

The final sections focus on deploying and operating microservices at scale in production. Topics include CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes, progressive delivery, observability, testing, reliability engineering, automation, security, and strategies for evolving systems safely over time. Supported by practical guidance and real-world considerations, *Microservices Architecture: Building, Deploying, and Scaling Distributed Systems* is an essential resource for architects, engineers, and technology leaders building the next generation of distributed software.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJYVHJXX
• ISBN13: 9798174430464
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"