Quarkus Insights #36: Quarkus Q&A

We'll go over often asked questions around Quarkus raised on twitter, youtube, facebook, linkedin, and stackoverflow. Read below for questions and timings. http://bit.ly/quarkusinsights Questions and Timings 02:11 : What is Quarkus? What does it do ? 08:01 : Can I start Quarkus without first knowing Spring? I’m new to the Java world 11:17 : Do you need to know anything other than Java before you start using Quarkus 14:07 : Quarkus says it is a Kubernetes Native Java stack tailored for OpenJDK HotSpot & GraalVM, crafted from the best of breed Java libraries and standards. Is Quarkus limited to microservices? 20:00 : Don’t you worry that having a Spring integration makes Quarkus more like Spring Boot? I prefer it more simple. 21:12 : How does native Quarkus compilation perform in large monolithic applications (like 50k classes). Did you try benchmarking Graal build process? 27:04 : What are the runtime performance benefits of compiling to native with Quarkus? 30:32 : As a big Quarkus fan I'm impressed by the low memory usage. How much memory do Quarkus apps consume under load (not only startup; both JVM and native mode)? 37:53 : Would you suggest to use OpenJ9 for running Quarkus in JVM mode? 40:57 : When it comes to benchmarks: do you care much about Tech Empower bechmarks? Vert.X used to do rather well there until recently 44:33 : Project Loom and Quarkus reactive stack (mutiny, hibernate reactive) - friends or foes? 50:53 : I've read here and there about @QuarkusIO v2.0 but nothing official. Fake news or you have a roadmap in mind?