--- title: How to Build Microservices With NodeJS | daily.dev description: Microservices is a type of service-oriented architecture (SOA) It is a component-based model, where an application is structured with well-defined protocols.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Build Microservices With NodeJS | daily.dev og:description: Microservices is a type of service-oriented architecture (SOA) It is a component-based model, where an application is structured with well-defined protocols.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6npc11VYr.png og:image:alt: How to Build Microservices With NodeJS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Build Microservices With NodeJS **[DZone](https://daily.dev/sources/dz)** · 5 min read · 38 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Microservices is a type of service-oriented architecture (SOA) It is a component-based model, where an application is structured with well-defined protocols. Some well-known corporate giants that use this architecture in their applications include Netflix, Amazon, Uber, SoundCloud, and many other brands. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@justmikey** · 3 upvotes > I think the title is misleading. Although there’s quite a bit of definitions and explanation regarding microservices, it doesn’t really go through the how. The code shown just shows how to start any old node app with express, and there’s some typos to boot. **@moonhunter\_code** · 0 upvotes > :O --- Tags: [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Build Microservices With NodeJS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr"},"datePublished":"2022-06-09T15:47:07.465Z","dateModified":"2022-06-09T15:47:07.465Z","description":"Microservices is a type of service-oriented architecture (SOA) It is a component-based model, where an application is structured with well-defined protocols....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c2c6d3a7f2118bceabf3cf7e5f5fd425","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c2c6d3a7f2118bceabf3cf7e5f5fd425","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DZone","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DZone","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dz","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dz"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":38},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"nodejs,architecture","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DZone","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dz"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Build Microservices With NodeJS"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-microservices-with-nodejs-6npc11vyr","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I think the title is misleading. 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