Get into the microservices mindset without drowning in the details. Before you start writing code, you need to understand when a microservice architecture makes sense, what has to change in your team organization, and how this approach affects your build, test, and deploy process. There's plenty to learn when you get down to the nuts-and-bolts of building microservices; starting with the big picture makes the details a lot easier to grok.

Exploring Microservice Development is a collection of chapters from three Manning books. Hand-picked by senior cloud engineer John Carnell, this quick-start guide introduces the big picture of microservice design along with a high-level taste of operational concerns like debugging and testing. In it, you'll get a quick overview of decomposition strategies, a look into distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth and Zipkin for more efficient debugging, and over-the-wire service mocking using Mountebank. When you finish, you'll have a better idea of whether microservices are for you and what you need to get started.