Microservices: Designing Highly Scalable Systems

Name: Microservices: Designing Highly Scalable Systems
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Microservices with a Purpose: Exploring the Bigger Picture

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Created bySean Campbell

Last updated 8/2025

English

What you'll learn

The core principles of microservices
Microservices benefits and anti-patterns
The building blocks of a microservices architecture
Client-to-microservice communication through an API gateway
Event-driven communication using an event-bus
How to secure microservices
How to manage data in a microservices-based system
How distributed transactions work with microservices
Microservices success factors
Containerization of microservices
Tools and technologies to build and manage microservices
How to convert a monolithic application into microservices
CQRS
Saga Pattern

Course content

6 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 16m total length

Introduction1:37
This lecture provides an overview of everything that you will learn in this course. You will also be introduced to your instructor, and learn what microservices are.
Principles of Microservices2:04
Students will learn the principles that they need to follow to build microservices correctly.
Quiz: Principles of Microservices
Microservices Benefits1:47
After completing this lecture, students will know about the various benefits that microservices provides.
Anti-Patterns3:19
After completing this lecture, students will know about the anti-patterns to avoid to ensure that they design a robust microservices architecture.
Quiz: Benefits and Anti-Patterns
Convincing Leadership to Adopt Microservices

Building Blocks0:42
This lecture explains what students will learn in the Building Blocks section
Microservices Architecture4:44
This lecture presents students with a high-level overview of all the building blocks that collectively form a microservices architecture.
Microservices as RESTful APIs8:34
Students will learn why microservices are generally developed as RESTful APIs.
Quiz: RESTful APIs
Client-to-Microservice Communication Through an API Gateway5:53
After completing this lecture, students will know how client applications communicate with microservices via an API gateway.
Quiz: API Gateways
Event-Driven Communication Using an Event Bus3:11
Students will learn how microservices communicate with each other through asynchronous event-driven communication using an event bus.
Quiz: Event-Driven Communication
Securing Microservices5:36
After completing this lecture, students will know how microservices are secured.
Quiz: Securing Microservices

Data Management Patterns0:34
This lecture explains what students will learn in the Microservices Data Management section
CQRS & Event Sourcing8:21
Students will learn how CQRS and event sourcing can be applied to a microservices architecture for optimal data management.
Quiz: CQRS and Event Sourcing
Saga Pattern7:22
After completing this lecture, students will know how to handle distributed transactions in a microservices architecture.
Quiz: Saga Pattern

Success Factors0:27
This lecture explains what students will learn in the Success Factors section
Logging3:16
After completing this lecture, students will know the logging best practices for microservices, and understand why it is an important success factor of a microservices-based system.
Monitoring & Alerting2:12
After completing this lecture, students will know the monitoring and alerting best practices for microservices, and understand why it is an important success factor of a microservices-based system.
Documentation3:41
After completing this lecture, students will know the documentation best practices for microservices, and understand why it is an important success factor of a microservices-based system.
Practice Test: Success Factors
Readiness Review: Operational Planning for Microservices

Deployment and Infrastructure0:22
A short video to provide an introduction to section 5 - Deployment and Infrastructure
Containerization of Microservices1:53
After completing this lecture, students will understand how microservices are deployed as containers, and what container orchestration entails.
Quiz: Containerization of Microservices
Tools and Technologies3:12
This lecture presents a comprehensive list of tools and technologies that can be used to build and manage a microservices-based system.
Quiz: Tools and Technologies

Recommendations0:27
This lecture explains what students will learn in the Recommendations section
Converting a Monolithic Application Into Microservices3:37
After completing this lecture, students will be equipped with a practical plan on how to decompose a monolithic application into microservices.
Further Reading2:25
This lecture presents students with a list of books that they can read to build on the knowledge that they have acquired in this course.
Congratulations0:54

Requirements

Be interested in software architecture
A desire to build robust, highly scalable applications

Description

The goal of this course it to equip you with all the knowledge required to design a robust, highly scalable microservices architecture.

If you know nothing about Microservices, this course is ideal for you! You will get a fast, yet comprehensive introduction into the world of microservices!

Upon completion of this course, you will know how to manage data and distributed transactions in a microservices-based system. You will also learn how to secure microservices, and how microservices interact with each other through asynchronous event-driven communication while maintaining autonomy and independence.

At the conclusion of this course, you will learn how to convert a monolithic application into microservices.

What students are saying about this course?

5-Stars: By far one of the most concise explanations of microservices that I've heard so far. This was a great introduction and the sections helped to fill in some knowledge gaps about the tools that I've been using. A great breakdown of the "what" and "why" of microservices - Miguel Malcolm

5-Stars: Simple and easy to understand introduction but high level approach to microservices architecture. I will recommend this to any one who wants to get into microservices architecture. - Michael Gyekye

5-Stars: Brilliant course. Great overview of what constitutes a microservices architecture. Well done Sean. - Akoni Tee

5-Stars: Concentrated information about all aspects of microservice architerture - Vyacheslav Kolotiy

5-Stars: Great course for understanding Microservices principles. - Andrew Rosenbaum

5-Stars: Excellent starter course. Great overview of microservice. - Ann

5-Stars: Exactly at the level of detail I was looking for. It kept it high level at the architectural level, while going into enough detail to touch on the key architectural concepts. It's a great class to get oriented in the space and the reading list at the end is very helpful. Thank you for making this class. - Peter Cordone

5-Stars: Very Simple, to the point. A full meal of microservices explained very neatly in a short time. Highly recommend for any who wants to start working on microservice or already working on microservice to learn some new patterns and technologies. - Raghavendra Shapur Chandraiah Setty

Who this course is for:

Software Architects
Software Engineers
Product Managers
Systems Analysts
Business Analysts
IT Managers
Development Managers
Engineering Managers
Project Managers
Engineering Directors
Managers

Microservices: Designing Highly Scalable Systems

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 9min

Building Blocks6 lectures • 29min

Data Management3 lectures • 16min

Success Factors5 lectures • 10min

Deployment and Infrastructure3 lectures • 5min

Recommendations4 lectures • 7min

Requirements

Description

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