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Microservices Architecture: Design Patterns & Principles Specialization

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Microservices Architecture: Design Patterns & Principles Specialization

Master Microservices Design Patterns & Principles. Learn to design scalable and resilient microservices with modern architecture principles.

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Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • Understand key principles of microservices architecture and design patterns.

  • Explore techniques to decompose monolithic systems into scalable microservices.

  • Learn how to handle microservices communications using APIs, message queues, and more.

  • Implement best practices for scalability, resilience, and system observability in distributed systems.

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September 2025

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Specialization - 2 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand the evolution and fundamentals of software architecture.

  • Apply monolithic and microservices design patterns to real-world applications.

  • Design scalable and maintainable architectures for growing systems.

  • Evaluate architectural approaches, considering scalability, maintainability, and performance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Object Oriented Design
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Maintainability
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Design
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Systems Design
Category: Engineering Software
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Service Oriented Architecture
Category: Microservices
Category: Scalability

What you'll learn

  • Master techniques to decompose monolithic systems into microservices by business capabilities and subdomains.

  • Explore the pros and cons of synchronous vs asynchronous communication for microservices.

  • Gain hands-on experience with RESTful API, GraphQL, and gRPC design in microservices architectures.

  • Learn to manage microservices data using patterns like CQRS, Event Sourcing, and database sharding.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Databases
Category: NoSQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Scalability
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Restful API
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: GraphQL
Category: Data Management
Category: Microservices
Category: API Gateway
Category: API Design
Category: Software Design Patterns

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