Getting started with cloud native development using Microservices and Java can still be challenging. Kubernetes and Microservices are not new, but there are still a lot of possibilities to move existing or build new applications to be cloud native, especially for Java.
For this reason @Niklas and @Harald started to create an open source project, to get started with cloud native Java applications on Kubernetes. I am also contributing to this cloud native GitHub project that contains a hands-on workshop. By the way it is also released as series on IBM Developer.
In the image below you can see the stars ⭐️ of the project.
The sample Microservices application is not too simple and not too complex for an introduction to cloud native development with Java.
The awesome project has ongoing growing content and it already has 139 stars ⭐️ on GitHub.
I created a youtube video as a teaser of the workshop and the core project, to give a fast 3 min overview about the current state.
“The Developers “cf push – experience” is: Developers can focus on implementing functional requirements in a programming language and they don’t wasting additional time to extra define network or container configuration to deploy an executable application into the cloud.”
These two days were really hot and that’s why I created that motto 😉
Here are a few pictures and a brief impression of the DevOpsCon conference in Berlin. The DevOpsCon Expo in Berlin on 11 – 14 June 2019 had approximately 800 participants and provided a full program on different technologies and methods for them.
It’s important to keep a cool head on the mission-critical topic of DevOps and make the right decisions how to deploy and deliver the optimal to achieve speed of innovation. It was awesome to see that DevOps teaming works for companies, because often we had developers and operations of one company at same time at our booth.
After all the effort Niklas and Harald did to deliver that awesome and valuable content of the “Cloud Native Starter” open sourced GitHub project, I contribute to that (ongoing) project with this hands-on workshop based on all the given great materials of blog posts, manuals and documentation which is available in the internet.
The outcome is an easy to consume hands-on workshop. The workshop provides a wide but concentrated introduction to Java development with MicroProfile, Kubernetes, Containers, REST APIs, Traffic management, and Resiliency that is relevant for developers who want more hands-on practical cloud native development introduction of the usage of these technologies.
I would say, this workshop is a must have for beginners who start with cloud native Java applications on Kubernetes. We all put a lot of effort in this project to make that easy to consume.
The above picture shows a simplified architecture for the scores-service inside Kubernetes. You can see the relevant elements for the deployment. If you are interested in the details of these elements, just click on the linked Kubernetes documentation.
The conference was sold out and had more than 700 attendees. This was a great place where developer and operation experts exchanged different perspectives.
The talks at the conference were about Micro Services, Docker, Serverless, Tools, Security, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, and methods and more.
You may have received a promo code when you attended a conference, meetup, or hackathon, but you have no experience with IBM Cloud yet, and you want to access the free Kubernetes cluster in theIBM Cloud as soon as possible, because you can use the cluster for your own “playing” and “testing”.
In this situation you can educate yourself with the badgeIBM Cloud Essentials related to IBM Cloud before you access the IBM Cloud. BTW, this way would be the best choice ;-). With IBM Cloud Essentials you have freeeducation and an official badge.
Or you can enter your promo code and create a Kubernetes Cluster directly.
I created a short youtube video related to this fastpass :
