Microservices is one of the hot topics in today's IT world. Though the topic is popular, it is not perfectly understood the majority of the time. Everyone seems to have a different understanding of the concept. This book tries to simplify the concept and discuss it in a manner that everyone can understand. It talks about the various basic concepts that each microservices-based application should implement. 

The book starts with an introduction to microservices, and explains why it is de rigueur. It dwells on the existing challenges being faced by the software industry, and how microservices can help us to solve them. The book focuses on the Java-based implementation of microservices, and will help readers to explore different ways of creating them. 

The book covers core concepts, such as creation, scaling, securing, monitoring, building, deploying, documenting, and testing microservice-based applications. With each of these concepts being covered, the book provides best practices that can be followed by developers.