experience with microservices for legacy software modernization

• DOI: 10.18420/se2019-29
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Authors: Holger Knoche; Wilhelm Hasselbring
• Keywords: Software Modernization; Microservices

Microservices are known as an architecture for building scalable applications running in the cloud. However, they also promise high maintainability due to smaller code bases and strong component separation, making them an interesting option for software modernization. We present a migration process to decompose an existing application into microservices, and report on experiences from applying this process in an ongoing legacy modernization project.