How to create Quarkus Command Mode applications

Quarkus is set of technologies to develop an entire Microservice architecture. The foundation of this architecture is typically an HTTP server, serving REST Endpoints. It is however also possible to create powerful Java scripts using Quarkus advanced sets of APIs. In this tutorial we will learn how to create standalone Quarkus applications with a bare simple main entry point.

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What’s new with Quarkus 2.0 and how to get started quickly

Quarkus 2.0 has been released! In this article, we will cover the highlights of the new major version and the requirements to get started or migrate to this exciting new version. Quarkus 2.0 aims to bring ease of development at an even higher level. There are several improvements in the tooling area and the major … Read more

Quarkus vs Spring Boot: What You Need to Know

In this two-part article series, we will be comparing Quarkus vs Spring Boot taking into account aspects related to the performance and runtime statistics of a simple example application. In the next part, we will cover other key aspects such as cloud-native readiness. Get ready: this is Quarkus vs Spring Boot! First off, in terms … Read more

Zero Config Database configuration with Quarkus (DevServices)

Quarkus 1.13 ships with a new feature called “DevServices” which allows testing or running in dev mode Quarkus without an actual database configuration. Basically, all you need to do is including the extension in your pom.xml file and Quarkus will set up the playground for you. No need to start or configure a database! Let’s … Read more

Getting started with MongoDB and Quarkus

This tutorial covers the all the steps required for creating a REST application with MongoDB NoSQL Database and Quarkus. MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database which became popular in the last decade. It can be used for high volume data storage as a replacement for relational databases. Instead of using tables and rows, MongoDB makes … Read more

Building Quarkus native applications with Mandrel

Mandrel is a downstream open source distribution of GraalVM edition which can be used to create native builds for Quarkus applications. Quarkus applications require one essential tool of GraalVM – the native-image feature – which is what actually produces native executables. Mandrel let us to have GraalVM bundled on top of OpenJDK 11 in RHEL … Read more