ESBs gathered all control over the system in a single place: communication, schemas, orchestration, infrastructure

The core of service-oriented architecture is centralized governance over how diverse services provide their capabilities and communicate

SOA is a predecessor to microservices. It is an architectural style that treats services as independent, heterogeneous providers of business capabilities

A microservice is not a “small service” — it is a service with stricter constraints

What is the difference between a service and a component? Both should be cohesive and loosely coupled to the rest of application, both should solve a single problem

This is the beginning of series on Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture (MEDA). The series explores the theme from its historical context to practical topics like testing