MicroProfile

MicroProfile is an open-source initiative that provides a collection of standardized Java APIs optimized for building cloud-native microservices. It aims to accelerate the adoption of microservices architectures in enterprise Java by offering a lightweight, agile, and vendor-neutral specification.

Key facts

First appeared: 2016
Category: technology
Problem solved: MicroProfile was created to address the slow evolution and heavyweight nature of traditional Java EE for modern microservices development. It provides a rapidly evolving, lightweight, and standardized set of APIs specifically tailored for cloud-native applications, filling a gap that the monolithic Java EE ecosystem struggled to address efficiently.
Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS, JVM (Java Virtual Machine), Cloud environments (e.g., containers, serverless)

Related technologies

Open Liberty
CDI (Contexts and Dependency Injection)
Kubernetes
JSON-P (Java API for JSON Processing)
Helidon
Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Quarkus
Jakarta EE
Payara Micro
JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services)
JSON-B (Java API for JSON Binding)
Java EE
Docker

Notable users

Oracle
Payara
Tomitribe
Various enterprises building cloud-native Java applications
Red Hat
IBM