The document discusses how to build reactive microservices using a MicroProfile stack. It recommends taking a reactive and micro approach to build systems that can handle high loads and failures, provide better user experiences, and scale massively. It introduces MicroProfile as an open source specification for building reactive Java microservices and lists some of its reactive support capabilities. It also discusses adding additional reactive technologies like RxJava and React.js and demonstrates a reactive application built on these stacks with Payara Server and Micro, which support MicroProfile, Java EE, and other technologies for building reactive systems.

1. BE REACTIVE AND MICRO
WITH A MICROPROFILE
STACK
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2. WHAT DO WE WANT?
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3. there should be a
PROBLEM to solve
WHY DO WE WANT IT?
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4. BETTER USER EXPERIENCE
updates when ready, reduced
waiting
errors raised ASAP
users can react faster
avoids unnecessary user retries
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5. HANDLE HIGH LOADS
utilize resources at maximum (CPU)
threads aren't wasted by blocking
avoid blocking of new requests
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6. HANDLE MASSIVE LOADS
scale to more nodes
messaging to distribute the load
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7. DON'T FORGET ABOUT FAILURES
fail fast and avoid waste
make sure failures are handled
failures happen a lot more in
distributed systems
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8. WHAT IS MICROPROFILE?
open-source specification for Java
microservices ( )microprofile.io
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9. REACTIVE SUPPORT IN
MICROPROFILE
Asynchronous REST (JAX-RS)
CDI events
easy Fault Tolerance
Monitoring via Metrics
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10. WE'LL ADD WHAT'S MISSING
RxJava
handle callbacks and data streams
asynchronous Fault Tolerance
React.js
easy updates on events
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11. OUR DEMO APPLICATION
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12. DEMO
Source: https://github.com/OndrejM-demonstrations/Reactive-and-Micro-
with-MicroProfile-and-Payara
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13. WE'LL ADD MORE
Java EE 8
reactive REST client (JAX-RS)
Server-Sent Events
Kafka JCA connector
Hazelcast
distributed cache and other structures
NoSQL distributed datastore
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14. DEMO
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15. PAYARA SERVER
MicroProfile, Java EE, Hazelcast, Cloud JCA
Connectors, CDI event bus
dynamic clustering (suitable for cloud)
fast development
admin console
monitoring
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16. PAYARA MICRO
APIs as in Server (except SOAP, remote EJB)
most of features of the Server
executable JAR, <70 MB
easier to install and run apps
command line, maven plugin
build uber JAR
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17. WHAT TO AVOID
relying on request scope
relying on thread local
using synchronous CDI interceptors
Don't jump to reactive before needed
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18. QUESTIONS?
Thank you!
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