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Demystifying Microservices with Node.js: A Journey from Netflix's Semicolon Crisis to the Future of Software

David Chibueze Ndubuisi on October 20, 2023

Picture this: It's a Friday night, and you're about to settle in for a cozy Netflix binge. But instead of the familiar "Loading..." message giving ...
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Tom Odey

Thanks for a very comprehensive article.

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David Chibueze Ndubuisi

You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful.

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Alois Sečkár

Also one little remark - all tips in last section are numbered with "1", the numbers not incrementing.

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David Chibueze Ndubuisi

Thanks @aloisseckar. Updated.

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Shubham Yadav • Edited

I didn't knew so many popular companies apart from Netflix also use Node.js. Can you please share references to read more about them?

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Vaishnavi Rokde

best explanation about microservices, very simple and easy to understand.

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Buba Mohammed Auwal

Great explanation of how microservices work

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Alois Sečkár

Are there any battle-tested frameworks for building JavaScript microservices atop Node.js runtime? Because I am not quite convinced I should choose developing in plain Node.js over Java alternatives like Spring Boot or Quarkus.

Since I come from Vue.js world, maybe I can imagine (and would even like to try, I guess) deploying a bunch of Nuxt instances with server-part logic implemented. But it still sound a bit silly, as it is obviously more focused on frontend.

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Ali Sajid

The most commonly used framework is express js. It's light weight and you might not even feel that you are using a framework.

Other then that there is fastify, for API development.

And NestJs, this requires a little bit of a learning curve.

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Alois Sečkár

Thanks for the Tipsport. Will have a look.

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Tudor-Radu Barbu

ChatGPT writing skills everywhere … :(

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Sergio N

Great read

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