Holidays Fireside Chat on Microservices with Andres Almiray and Josh Juneau

We are having a special pre-holiday fireside chat that will warm us all up for the holidays :). Two fantastic Java Champions - Andres Almiray from Switzerland, and Josh Juneau (yes our very own Josh!) - will present to us topics that are related to Microservices.

ABSTRACT:

Andres Almiray on "Going Reactive with gRPC"

gRPC is Google's option for establishing two-way communication between two network connected entities. This technology allows you to stream data from one side to the other and back again, or to/from both sides at the same time! Meanwhile ReactiveStreams implementations such as RxJava and Project Reactor let you define data pipelines that send data cross the wire. What if it were possible to combine both? Well you're in luck because it turns out you can! gRPC brings to the table HTTP2, security, encryption and a binary protocol while ReactiveStreams brings a multitude of operations (such as composition, filtering, transformations) that make it easier to work with flows of data. Come learn how these two technologies may help you in your daily job.

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Josh Juneau on "Lightweight Java EE with MicroProfile"

MicroProfile was introduced as a lightweight profile for developing Java EE applications. Over the past couple of years, MicroProfile has gained traction, and there are now a number of implementations across a variety of vendors. MicroProfile allows WAR deployments of a minimal size, packaging only the APIs that are necessary for your application. Coupled with deployment of MicroProfile applications to micro containers such as Payara Micro, OpenLiberty, and Thorntail, we are seeing that Java EE applications can be much more agile and lightweight.

In this session, I will cover how to get started with MicroProfile, covering a number of different implementations. I will then I’ll demonstrate how to package MicroProfile solutions into Docker containers so that you can begin developing lightweight Java EE applications today, using a widely supported set of APIs.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Andres Almiray (@aalmiray)

Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion with more than 19 years of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer in open source and has participated on popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects (Json-lib, EZMorph, GraphicsBuilder, JideBuilder). Founding member of the Griffon framework and Hackergarten community event.

https://ch.linkedin.com/in/aalmiray

• JCP EC Associate Seat (Nov 2017 – Nov 2019)
• Apache Committer
• Eclipse Committer
• JSR-377 Spec lead

Josh Juneau (@javajuneau)

Josh Juneau works as an application developer, system analyst, and database administrator. He primarily develops using Java and other JVM languages. Josh is a technical writer for OTN and Java Magazine, and has published titles for Apress. He was a co-author of “The Definitive Guide to Jython”, published by Apress in 2010. He also co-authored the Apress titles “PL/SQL Recipes” (2010), “Java 8 Recipes” (2014), and “Java 9 Recipes” (2017). He also authored the Java EE titles “Java EE 7 Recipes”, and “Introducing Java EE 7”, which were published by Apress in 2013. Josh is currently authoring the upcoming Apress title “Java EE 8 Recipes”, which will be published early next year.

Josh is a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, a Java Champion, and has served on the JavaOne Content Review Committee for multiple years. Josh was a JCP Expert Group member for JSR 372 and he is still part of the ongoing JSR 378 expert group. He is an advocate of the Adopt-a-JSR program, and helps to lead the Adopt-a-JSR initiative for the Chicago Java Users Group. You can reach him through his Twitter handle: @javajuneau