Cloud-native architecture emphasizes microservices - loosely coupled software services strung together to form modern applications - for its flexibility and extensibility, enabling developers to add or swap out services without rewriting entire chunks of code.
Independence: Microservices enable developers to build independent but interconnected services that function completely autonomously from each other, eliminating dependencies that limit agility during development or deployment. This makes updating, scaling, failing over, restarting services without impacting other areas of your application, as well as quickly delivering new features and functionality much simpler and faster.
Resilience: Microservices can provide applications with greater resiliency so they continue functioning even when infrastructure outages occur, and are standard-based so they're easier to deploy on different platforms.
Automation: With microservices, you can automate numerous operations from starting up to allocating resources - making scalable apps possible with minimal human input and downtime caused by human error. Furthermore, standardizing rules across deployment sizes makes life simpler for everyone involved.
Microservices allow for seamless availability to users at all times and are fully scalable - growing or shrinking with demand.
With the right tools and processes, it is possible to design cloud native applications that are faster, more flexible, and more resilient than their traditional counterparts. Furthermore, this approach increases IT cost efficiency by decreasing the amount of servers and software necessary for running them.
