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Discussion on: Explain Like I'm 5: What is Monolithic and Microservice application?

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To make enterprise applications, you need three parts: a database, a front-end, and a server-side.

A monolithic application is one that is constructed as a single large unit. Server-side applications, front-end applications, background jobs, and any other type of application are all described in the same huge code base in a monolith. As a consequence of this, developers are required to create and deploy the entire stack simultaneously, even if there are only minimal modifications that need to be made in the application.

Instead of constructing a single, massive program, the purpose of a microservice application is to break down the application into a collection of more manageable sub-applications that are connected to one another. Each microservice can be thought of as a miniature application.