Microservices Fundamentals
By the end of this course, learners should be able to explain Split monoliths thoughtfully: service boundaries, messaging, resilience, and observability.
Split monoliths thoughtfully: service boundaries, messaging, resilience, and observability.
What you will build and prove
- Practice: Practice: Lesson 2: Ship a secure authenticated API feature
- Quiz: Lesson 2: Ship a secure authenticated API feature check (pass 70%)
- Final assessment: Microservices Fundamentals — course assessment (pass 70%)
Course journey
How this free course is structured — watch, practise, and progress module by module.
- Week 1: Foundations
- Week 2: Core Concepts
- Week 3: Applied Patterns
- Week 4: Ship Your Project
Practice
1 optional practice exercise — apply what you learned. Practice is not required to complete the course.
Assessment
- Lesson 2: Ship a secure authenticated API feature check · pass mark 70%
- Microservices Fundamentals — course assessment · pass mark 70%
Prove
Course completion means finishing required lessons , and the course assessment . That grants a certificate of completion — not a professional certification. Optional practice does not block completion.
Curriculum
Week 1: Week 1: Foundations
- Lesson 1: Set up your backend development environment Preview 14min
- Lesson 2: Project structure for APIs and services 15min
- Lesson 3: Configure databases and environment secrets 16min
Week 2: Week 2: Core Concepts
- Lesson 1: Design RESTful endpoints and status codes 16min
- Lesson 2: Validate input and shape API responses 17min
- Lesson 3: Model data with migrations and relations 18min
Week 3: Week 3: Applied Patterns
- Lesson 1: Backend engineering fundamentals 18min
- Lesson 2: Ship a secure authenticated API feature 19min
- Lesson 3: Work with databases, caches, and queues 20min
Week 4: Week 4: Ship Your Project
- Lesson 1: Backend engineering fundamentals 20min
- Lesson 2: Ship a secure authenticated API feature Practice 21min
- Lesson 3: Work with databases, caches, and queues 22min
Free to enroll — no purchase required.
Instructor: Africoders
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