https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/author/luis-neto/Articles written by Luis Neto on foojay.io - Friends of OpenJDKHugoen-usThu, 22 Sep 2022 09:03:08 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/what-is-microprofile/Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:03:08 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/what-is-microprofile/<p>The Java programming language can be enhanced with specifications. An specification is a baseline platform definition - a framework - to guide concrete implementations.</p> <p>One of these specifications is called MicroProfile.</p> <p>But what is MicroProfile specification, what is it used for and why might you need it?</p> <p>This article explains all!</p> <h2 id="h2-0-what-is-microprofile">What Is MicroProfile?</h2> <p>The <a href="https://microprofile.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MicroProfile</a> specification is a set of Enterprise Java APIs and technologies, designed to help with the challenge of building microservices architectures in Java.</p>https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/google-remote-procedure-call-grpc-example-in-payara-server/Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:09:21 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/google-remote-procedure-call-grpc-example-in-payara-server/<p>Google Remote Procedure Call, or gRPC, is an open source Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework focused on high performance and is portable to any environment.</p> <p>It is an alternative to REST, deemed by many as more efficient.</p> <p>After one of our customers requested it, the extension became available in our April 2022 Payara Community and Enterprise releases: 5.2022.2 and 5.38.0.</p> <p>After providing a brief overview of the gRPC extension in Payara in our <a href="https://blog.payara.fish/whats-new-in-the-april-2022-payara-platform-release" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">April release blog,</a> here we provide more technical details about how to use it in Payara Community, where you will build the module yourself and place it in the modules directory.</p>