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APIs & Microservices Architecture

Progress from clean HTTP REST design and OpenAPI contracts to API gateways, message brokers, circuit breakers, and microservice observability.

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Practical Equipment & Study Requirements
What laptop, phone, internet, and free tools you need for this field—plus cloud options if your device is low-spec.
8GB+ Laptop + Docker / Cloud
Laptop / PC Specs

Minimum: 4GB–8GB RAM laptop using Postman Web & Codespaces.

Recommended: 16GB RAM laptop for running multiple local containers & brokers.

Free Cloud Option: Play with Docker, Hoppscotch.io & GitHub Codespaces run in browser.

Phone & Internet

Laptop Essential

Read Microservices.io on phone; building & tracing multi-service APIs needs a laptop.

Internet: 3–5 Mbps.

Free Software & Hardware Kit
Docker Desktop Hoppscotch / Postman Swagger Editor VS Code

Hardware / Kit: None required.

Best Way to Study This Field Easily: Finish each study step and its hands-on milestone first—your Mastery Test unlocks automatically at the end to qualify for your certificate.
All Levels (1–6) Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert
Beginner Stage

Zero prior experience required — core concepts & first hands-on builds.

Step 1 beginner ~8 hrs

HTTP Deep Dive & RESTful Resource Design

Design predictable endpoints using nouns, HTTP methods, status codes, and pagination.

What You Will Learn
  • GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE semantics
  • Pagination, filtering & error envelopes
Free Public Courses & Official Docs
MDN HTTP Overview
Public Free Resource • Free Course / Docs
Open Free
Hands-On Milestone Project: Design a clean REST API spec for a community library.
Step 2 beginner ~8 hrs

OpenAPI (Swagger) Contracts & API Testing

Document APIs first with OpenAPI 3.1 and test every endpoint systematically.

What You Will Learn
  • OpenAPI YAML schemas
  • Contract & status-code assertions
Free Public Courses & Official Docs
Swagger / OpenAPI Specification Guide
Public Free Resource • Free Course / Docs
Open Free
Hands-On Milestone Project: Write an OpenAPI spec and automated endpoint tests for 5 resources.
Field Mastery Assessment

APIs & Microservices Architecture — Practical Mastery Assessment

Score 80% or higher (5 scenario questions) + submit your real practical capstone project after at least 7 days of study to earn a Verified MESHLUMA Certificate.

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