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Hands-On Enterprise Java Microservices with Eclipse MicroProfile

By : Cesar Saavedra, Heiko W. Rupp, Jeff Mesnil, Pavol Loffay, Antoine Sabot-Durand, Scott Stark
Book Image

Hands-On Enterprise Java Microservices with Eclipse MicroProfile

By: Cesar Saavedra, Heiko W. Rupp, Jeff Mesnil, Pavol Loffay, Antoine Sabot-Durand, Scott Stark

Overview of this book

Eclipse MicroProfile has gained momentum in the industry as a multi-vendor, interoperable, community-driven specification. It is a major disruptor that allows organizations with large investments in enterprise Java to move to microservices without spending a lot on retraining their workforce. This book is based on MicroProfile 2.2, however, it will guide you in running your applications in MicroProfile 3.0. You'll start by understanding why microservices are important in the digital economy and how MicroProfile addresses the need for enterprise Java microservices. You'll learn about the subprojects that make up a MicroProfile, its value proposition to organizations and developers, and its processes and governance. As you advance, the book takes you through the capabilities and code examples of MicroProfile’s subprojects - Config, Fault Tolerance, Health Check, JWT Propagation, Metrics, and OpenTracing. Finally, you’ll be guided in developing a conference application using Eclipse MicroProfile, and explore possible scenarios of what’s next in MicroProfile with Jakarta EE. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of Eclipse MicroProfile and its role in enterprise Java microservices.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: MicroProfile in the Digital Economy
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Section 2: MicroProfile's Current Capabilities
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Section 3: MicroProfile Implementations and Roadmap
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Section 4: A Working MicroProfile Example
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Section 5: A Peek into the Future

MicroProfile value proposition

For customers who trust Enterprise Java to run their production workloads, Eclipse MicroProfile provides customers with a vendor-neutral specification for Enterprise Java microservices. Eclipse MicroProfile enables them to better fulfill the needs of the business via improved agility and scalability, faster time-to-market, higher development productivity, easier debugging and maintenance, and continuous integration and continuous deployment.

The benefits customers get by using Eclipse MicroProfile are the same benefits gained by using microservices. In general, according to Martin Fowler, a respected software developer, author, and speaker, microservices provide the following benefits (https://martinfowler.com/articles/microservice-trade-offs.html):

  • Strong module boundaries: Microservices reinforce modular structure, which is particularly important...