Micro services are services which you could split the workload onto different servers to handle load. I think for that purpose, you'd want to write in flask or bottle. You could use web2py but I think it's overkill for micro services.
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 11:49:36 AM UTC-7, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 8:00:37 AM UTC-7, Samuel Sowah wrote: >> >> By intersect, I refer to how web2py is used to make microservices. The >> reason I ask this is, to know if services are different from applications. >> and If I wanted to create multiple microservices, do I need multiple >> applications? if I need just one, wouldn't that defeat the purpose >> of microservices since the idea is to have multiple services >> in different servers/containers? >> >> > I haven't encountered the term "microservices" before, and I'm not sure I > understand how it's being used? How does it differ from non-micro services? > > As to services in web2py, I consider that to be implemented by controllers > that use SOAP or JSON or similar service attributes (in web2py, usually by > means of decorators on the controller declaration). You can either view a > service to be the one URL, or a package of related URLs done in a similar > manner. Some of these controllers will be just a few lines of code, some > will be more extensive (IIRC, I have one that runs about 30 lines). > > You could make separate applications for each controller, but if they > share some commonality it may be nicer to group them together in one app. > > My thoughts, worth what you paid for them. > > /dps > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
