Java Language & PlatformConference40min
The Joyful Journey from Spring Boot to Quarkus
The talk compares Quarkus and Spring Boot, showing how Quarkus delivers faster startup, lower resource use, and better developer experience. It explains the architectural reasons behind its performance and demonstrates practical, low-cost migration paths from Spring to Quarkus with rapid financial return.
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Holly CumminsIBM
Quarkus applications are quick to code, start fast, and require much less hardware than their Spring Boot equivalents.
They use less memory, less electricity, and handle much higher load. And, most importantly, they feel great to work with.
Fast feedback, great readability, brilliant tools – it’s all about the developer joy.
Can we quantify the financial benefits of switching from Spring Boot to Quarkus? Yes. (Spoiler – it’s good!)
In this talk, Holly will explain the architectural differences which make Quarkus fast. Finally, she’ll demonstrate options for getting from Spring to Quarkus quickly and cheaply, for a near-immediate return on investment.
They use less memory, less electricity, and handle much higher load. And, most importantly, they feel great to work with.
Fast feedback, great readability, brilliant tools – it’s all about the developer joy.
Can we quantify the financial benefits of switching from Spring Boot to Quarkus? Yes. (Spoiler – it’s good!)
In this talk, Holly will explain the architectural differences which make Quarkus fast. Finally, she’ll demonstrate options for getting from Spring to Quarkus quickly and cheaply, for a near-immediate return on investment.
Holly Cummins
Holly Cummins is a Senior Technical Staff Member on the IBM Quarkus team and a Java Champion. Over her career, Holly has been a full-stack javascript developer, a build architect, a client-facing consultant, a JVM performance engineer, and an innovation leader. Holly has led projects to understand climate risks, count fish, help a blind athlete run ultra-marathons in the desert solo, and invent stories (although not at all the same time). She gets worked up about sustainability, technical empathy, extreme programming, the importance of proper testing, and automating all the things. You can find her at https://hollycummins.com, or follow her on socials at @holly_cummins.