# Terminology

* SmallRye - Out the box implementation of MicroProfiles, using JBoss stuff for getting up and running, basically "plugins", IBM competitor is openliberty
* MicroProfile - Eclipse MicroProfile, microservice framework composed of
    made up of (bare min)
    * JAX-RS - API for creating REST APIs
    * JSON-P - API for processing JSON
    * CDI 2.0 - Glue JAX-RS and JSON-P together dependency injection using java beans, share a class and manage its lifecycle
    * JSON-B - JSON binding (similar to jackson databind)
    * Open Tracing - standardise requests across multiple services
    * Other stuff like Metrics (prometheus), watchdogs, retry, circuit breakers etc


# General Note

Quarkus built upon VERT-X for non-blocking IO, VERT-X built upon netty



# The Job spec



# Refs
* [What is microprofile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDhRcKFRlq8)
* [What is SmallRye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3sh8M0t7yM)
* [CDI explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8jHRDu9Fbo)
* [Mutiny lib/Vert-X](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTK73fpPznQ)