https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/author/donata-petkeviciute/Articles written by Donata Petkeviciute on foojay.io - Friends of OpenJDKHugoen-usWed, 22 May 2024 11:05:04 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/getting-started-with-jobrunr-a-powerful-task-scheduler-in-ja/Wed, 22 May 2024 11:05:04 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/getting-started-with-jobrunr-a-powerful-task-scheduler-in-ja/<h2 id="h2-0-what-is-jobrunr">What is JobRunr</h2> <h3 id="h3-1-task-scheduler-in-java">Task scheduler in Java</h3> <p>JobRunr is an open-source Java library for <strong>task scheduling</strong> and <strong>distributed background job</strong> processing. It offers an effortless way to <strong>perform background tasks using only Java 8 lambdas</strong>.</p> <p>Whether it is a <strong>fire-and-forget</strong> , <strong>scheduled</strong> or <strong>recurring job</strong> , JobRunr analyzes the lambda and stores the metadata needed to process the job in a database. This simple architecture, with a few other mechanisms, allows a job to be <strong>executed on any available server</strong> running your application (👋 k8s).</p>