Modern users interact with microservices every day; not directly, but by using web applications. Microservices are a flexible software development technique that help to implement applications as a collection of independent services with weak relations.

In this section, we'll learn about why microservices are a good thing and why we need them. Microservices follow the REST architecture, which provides rules about using consistent HTTP methods. We will also look at how microservices can be deployed to the user, which is one of their main advantages.