Updating Microservices with Netty 5, Kafka 3, and React: Whirlpool Revisited

John Boardman Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java, JavaScript, Microservices, React Leave a Comment

Back in 2015 and 2016, I wrote two blogs that went step by step to develop a microservice/Netty architecture with fully working code called Whirlpool.

A lot has changed in the years since, so recently I decided to come back to the project, update it with the latest versions of Kafka and Netty, and add a React UI to it (rather than the vanilla JavaScript version it used before). In addition, I also added Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) scripts in addition to the Mac and Linux scripts that were there before and made all of the scripts more robust.

This blog will be about the work that went into all of those updates, plus a look at the new React UI. This provides an excellent view into what it takes to update an outdated microservices application implemented with Kafka (version .9 –>3.0) and Netty (4.1.3->5.0.0-alpha2), bringing all versions up to date and adding a React UI. By the end you’ll be familiar with the latest versions of these frameworks, know some “gotchas” to avoid, as well as understand how to integrate WebSockets into React.

GitOps Declarative Continuous Deployment

[Video] GitOps – Declarative CD Intro, Kubernetes + ArgoCD Demo

Keyhole Software Cloud, DevOps, Git, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Videos Leave a Comment

GitOps provides a declarative approach for improving the management of application delivery.

In this 50-minute video, Keyhole Principal Consultant Jaime Niswonger discusses basic GitOps fundamentals and various implementations in a Kubernetes environment. He covers GitOps best practices that unify deployment, management, and monitoring for containerized clusters and applications. Then he introduces ArgoCD and shows its capabilities in an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment. Jaime includes his own experiences and what he has seen working with companies across various industries.

GitOps Declarative Continuous Deployment

GitOps – An Intro to Declarative Continuous Deployment

GitOps Declarative Continuous DeploymentHome→Search ResultsThis 50-minute video explores GitOps as an approach to Continuous Deployment for cloud-native applications. Keyhole Software Principal Architect, Jaime Niswonger, leads the lecture. RecordingThis video was recorded December 2020 at a Keyhole Software internal employee Lunch & Learn event.See Video Directly On YoutubeGitOps Recording GitOps Fundamentals and Basic ImplementationsGitOps Recording GitOps Fundamentals and Basic ImplementationsGitOps Video …

Remote Work as a Dev Team

Working Remotely As An Agile Dev Team: Tips & Suggestions

Lynn Brownlee Agile, Articles, Project Management Leave a Comment

With the recent news, many companies currently find themselves in the real situation of a sudden transition to a remote staff for the first time. With the snap of a finger, your team members suddenly lack the proximity to be able to function in the same exact way. Yet, work must be done and deadlines still need to be met.

In this blog, we introduce tips, suggestions, and takeaways for Agile software development team members to successfully work remotely or distributed for the first time.

Orchestration – Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Cloud Foundry

Home→Search ResultsOrchestration Big Ideas Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Cloud FoundryThis video discusses platform orchestration from a broad scope. Specifically, Principal Consultant Jaime Niswonger takes a technology-agnostic look at the “big ideas” integral to platform orchestration for the enterprise. He introduces three popular orchestration platforms, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Cloud Foundry, and discusses scaling container deployments in the enterprise. RecordingThis one-hour video was …