Serverless-Native Java with Quarkus

Java is now a first-class citizen for serverless. See how Quarkus delivers millisecond startup times and a tiny memory footprint, finally solving the cold start problem.

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Understanding the core principles of serverless computing

Serverless computing abstracts away server management and scales applications based on exact demand, including scaling to zero to reduce costs.

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Choosing between microservices and serverless architectures

Compare microservices for long-lived, developer-controlled processes against serverless for short-lived, cloud-managed, event-driven functions.

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Implementing serverless workloads on Kubernetes with Knative

Knative enables serverless, container-based workloads on Kubernetes by using standard primitives to manage scaling, revisions, and traffic.

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Solving Java's serverless challenges with Quarkus

Quarkus overcomes traditional Java performance issues in serverless environments by offering sub-second startup times and a minimal memory footprint.

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Generating a new Quarkus project for serverless development

Use the code.quarkus.io starter to quickly generate a new project with dependencies for JAX-RS, Spring Web, or AWS Lambda.

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Deploying a Quarkus app and demonstrating scale to zero

A live demo shows a native-compiled Quarkus application starting in milliseconds and automatically scaling down to zero pods after a period of inactivity.

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Comparing Quarkus and Spring Boot startup performance

A side-by-side comparison demonstrates that a native Quarkus application starts in milliseconds while a similar Spring Boot application takes several seconds.

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Implementing blue-green deployments with Knative revisions

Knative's revision system allows for safe deployment strategies like blue-green by managing traffic splitting between different versions of a service.

#9about 4 minutes