In its evolution over the past year and a half, this book has grown from an idea to write a small book on deploying services to a substantial work covering a wide swath of microservice development topics — from design to communication to deployment and operation. It has been our privilege to work with so many talented people in delivering a book that we truly hope will be useful, both to those who are starting to adopt this type of architecture and to those who already are using it.

I would like to thank my family, in particular Rosa and Beatriz, my wife and daughter, who put up with the absences of a husband and father. I would also like to thank Morgan, my coauthor and colleague. He has been crucial in providing guidance and clarity from day one. Thank you!

—Paulo

This book wouldn’t have been possible to write without the patience and support of my family, who gracefully tolerated far too many weekends, evenings, and holidays with me sitting in front of a laptop. I’d also like to thank my parents, Heather and Allan, who taught me a love of reading, without which I wouldn’t be writing this today. And lastly, thanks Paulo! You encouraged me to start this project with you, and although the way was sometimes challenging, I’ve learned so much from the journey.

—Morgan

Together, we would like to thank:

• Karen and Dan, our development editors, who were tireless, week after week, in providing support and advice to help us write the best possible book
• Karsten Strøbæk, our technical development editor, for his critical eye and generous feedback
• Michael Stephens, for his faith in us, and Marjan Bace, for his help in shaping our book into something compelling for Manning’s readers
• The many other people we’ve worked with at Manning, who formed such a professional and talented team, without whom this book would have never been possible
• Lastly, our reviewers, whose feedback and help improving our book we deeply appreciated, including Akshat Paul, Al Krinker, Andrew Miles, Andy Miles, Antonio Pessolano, Bachir Chihani, Christian Bach, Christian Thoudahl, Vittal Damaraju, Deepak Bhaskaran, Evangelos Bardis, John Guthrie, Lorenzo De Leon, Łukasz Witczak, Maciej Jurkowski, Mike Jensen, Shobha Iyer, Srihari Sridharan, Steven Parr, Thorsten Weber, and Tiago Boldt Sousa