Developing microservices based applications is particularly effective for many reasons, especially when utilizing the Bluemix platform. This architecture allows developers to choose the most ideal technology for each microservice within an application. In addition to being a polyglot platform supporting multiple languages, Bluemix also offers a number of compute options such as OpenWhisk and Cloud Foundry. The OpenWhisk compute platform on Bluemix allows developers to quickly create serverless functions that can be executed by specific triggers or even just a simple REST call. They scale on-demand and you only ever pay for usage. The Cloud Foundry option offers a more standard application hosting platform for your microservices. Join developer evangelists Joe Sepi and Sai Vennam from the API Connect team who’ll walk through Acme Freight, a best-practice sample application with a technology stack based entirely in Bluemix. Learn about how OpenWhisk, Cloud Foundry, API Connect, Node.js and more come together to create this robust demo application that could potentially disrupt the Logistics industry.