Introduction

Asynchronous microservices have advantages over synchronous microservices.

Chapter walkthrough#

This chapter discusses:

• How microservices can communicate asynchronously.

• Which protocols can be used for asynchronous communication.

• How events and asynchronous communication are linked.

• The advantages and disadvantages of asynchronous communication.

Let’s start with a quick definition of asynchronous programming and how microservices can communicate asynchronously in the next lesson!