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about the technology

The Kubernetes-native Quarkus framework is perfect for cloud-native Java development. It's built with a philosophy of developer joy, and you'll quickly see why. Java developers love Quarkus for its amazing productivity features, including development mode, continuous testing, and a dev UI that lets you code without stopping and starting. Plus, Quarkus lets you generate Kubernetes resources out of the box, so you can skip learning all of Kubernetes' complex details.

about the book

Crack open Quarkus in Action and you'll quickly see how Quarkus can streamline and speed up cloud-native application development. You’ll work hands-on from chapter one, as you build your application microservice-by-microservice. As you go, you’ll discover how Quarkus's powerful features like live reloading, continuous testing, and automatic database instances make development a dream. Learn how to implement your applications with cutting-edge technologies in Quarkus including gRPC and GraphQL, and reveal how Quarkus eases deployment with Kubernetes and OpenShift.

about the reader

For intermediate Java developers who have basic experience developing server-side Java applications.

about the authors

Martin Štefanko has been working on Red Hat's middleware portfolio for the last seven years. He is responsible for the SmallRye Health and Narayana LRA extensions and is also contributing to several other core extensions mostly around MicroProfile integration. He is also involved in several MicroProfile specifications.

Jan Martiška has been a Red Hatter for over 10 years and spent most of this tenure working on open-source, Java-based application platforms. Jan furthered Quarkus' observability capabilities by leading the MicroProfile Metrics specification and taking care of the relevant Quarkus extension. He’s also contributed a lot into the SmallRye GraphQL extensions, both server and client.