Published 3 Feb 2026
Duration: 1920
Developers explore Quarkus features, best practices, and real-world examples in a discussion of the book "Quarkus in Action".
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/416 Martin Stefank...
The podcast covers the GoTo Book Club's review of "Quarkus in Action," which introduces Quarkus as a modern Java framework designed to enhance developer productivity and application performance. Key features discussed include Dev mode, continuous testing, and native compilation, all of which contribute to faster development cycles and quicker application startups. The book walks readers through building a car rental application using a variety of technologies such as REST, gRPC, GraphQL, reactive programming, and cloud deployment, demonstrating Quarkus flexibility and comprehensive toolset.
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