Summary
Chapter 1 introduced the fundamental concepts of Java cloud-native development, focusing on concurrency and parallelism. It distinguished between managing tasks on single-core (concurrency) versus multi-core processors (parallelism), with practical Java examples. The chapter highlighted Java’s role in cloud computing, emphasizing its scalability, ecosystem, and community. Practical applications, including the Java AWS SDK and Lambda functions, illustrated Java’s adaptability across cloud models.
Significant Java updates such as Project Loom and advanced garbage collection methods were discussed for optimizing performance. Java’s effectiveness in complex environments was showcased through case studies of Netflix and X (formerly Twitter), among others. These focused on microservices, real-time data processing, and scalability.
The narrative then shifted to practical strategies for distributed transactions, data consistency, and microservices state management...