The pains and gains of microservices: a systematic grey literature review

Jacopo Soldani (Corresponding author), Damian Andrew Tamburri, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

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    Abstract

    The design, development, and operation of microservices are picking up more and more momentum in the IT industry. At the same time, academic work on the topic is at an early stage, and still on the way to distilling the actual “Pains & Gains” of microservices as an architectural style. Having witnessed this gap, we set forth to systematically analyze the industrial grey literature on microservices, to identify the technical/operational pains and gains of the microservice-based architectural style. We conclude by discussing research directions stemming out from our analysis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)215-232
    Number of pages18
    JournalJournal of Systems and Software
    Volume146
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

    Keywords

    • Microservices
    • Microservices design
    • Microservices development
    • Microservices operation
    • Systematic grey literature review
    • Systematic literature review

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