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1. Introduction

Dmitry Kornilov1  , Daniel Kec1 and Dmitry Aleksandrov2
(1)
Praha, Czech Republic
(2)
Sofia, Bulgaria
 

This chapter covers the following topics.

  • Understanding cloud-native application

  • Introducing Helidon

  • Explaining Helidon flavors

  • Discovering which flavor is suitable for your application

We live in a cloud computing era, and it dictates its application design requirements. This book is about building cloud-native applications.

Note

Applications designed to operate in a cloud environment utilizing all cloud benefits are called cloud native.

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