Quarkus Guide

Applies to: Quarkus 3.x, Java 17+, Cloud-Native Microservices, GraalVM Native, Kubernetes

Core Principles

1. Kubernetes-Native: Designed for containers, fast startup, low memory footprint
2. Developer Joy: Live reload via Dev Services, Dev UI, continuous testing
3. Unified Reactive/Imperative: Choose per-endpoint, both coexist in one app
4. Build-Time Optimization: Extensions process metadata at build time, not runtime
5. GraalVM First-Class: Native compilation with millisecond startup and minimal RSS
6. Standards-Based: MicroProfile, Jakarta EE, Vert.x, SmallRye under the hood

Guardrails

Project & Dependencies