ThecapabilitiesoftheSwiftprogramminglanguageareextendedtoserver-sidedevelopmentusingpopularframeworkssuchasVapor.ThisenablesSwiftprogrammerstoimplementthemicroservicesapproachtodesignscalableandeasy-to-maintainarchitectureforiOS,macOS,iPadOS,andwatchOSapplications.ThisbookisacompleteguidetobuildingmicroservicesforiOSapplications.You’llstartbyexaminingSwiftandVaporasbackendtechnologiesandcomparethemtotheiralternatives.Thebookthencoverstheconceptofmicroservicestohelpyougetstartedwithdevelopingyourfirstmicroservice.Throughoutthisbook,you’llworkonacasestudyofwritingane-commercebackendasamicroserviceapplication.You’llunderstandeachmicroserviceasitisbrokendownintodetailsandwrittenoutascodethroughoutthebook.You’llalsobecomefamiliarwithvariousaspectsofserver-sidedevelopmentsuchasscalability,databaseoptions,andinformationflowformicroservicesthatareunwrappedintheprocess.Asyouadvance,you’llgettogripswithmicroservicestestingandseehowitisdifferentfromtestingamonolithapplication.Alongtheway,you’llexploretoolssuchasDocker,Postman,andAmazonWebServices.Bytheendofthebook,you’llbeabletobuildaready-to-deployapplicationthatcanbeusedasabaseforfutureapplications.