Summary

In this chapter, we have discussed the new trends in software development, consisting of polyglot deployments using new approaches, such as microservices, containers, mobile, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) running on-premises and in the cloud; and in hybrid or multi-cloud environments. These trends required the evolution of Enterprise Java in the microservices world, which is what MicroProfile addresses. The four forces that fuel the digital economy, namely, cloud, mobile, IoT, and open source, have contributed to the need for organizations to have multi-speed IT departments, which are necessary to maintain and evolve their existing applications as well as to take advantage of new technological trends to develop new applications that can help them to remain competitive.

Eclipse MicroProfile, a vendor-neutral specification founded by the community for the community, is one of these new trends for Enterprise Java microservices. Lastly, Eclipse MicroProfile brings rapid innovation to Enterprise Java by its development agility based on lessons learned and decades of experience by the subject-matter experts who participate in its sub-teams. This chapter has helped you to understand what an Enterprise Java microservice is and what the rest of the book will cover.

In the next chapter, we will go over the governance, that is, the lightweight process that anybody in the community can follow to contribute to the Eclipse MicroProfile project. Additionally, we will examine the contributions made to the project, namely, the Eclipse MicroProfile Starter, which is a sample source code generator contribution.