Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8

Why is Java EE a good platform for microservices?

Well, this is the question, why? And the short answer is simple: because Java EE 8 is the most lightweight enterprise framework currently out there. Let me give you a few more details. First up, Java EE is an industry standard. It's been developed by a vendor-neutral committee and there is widespread knowledge out there because Java EE has been available for a couple of years already. Java EE consists of several specifications, and these specifications have very tight integration. Also, Java EE applies a convention of a configuration programming model, which means that you don't need cumbersome XML descriptors anymore; just throw in a couple of annotations and you're done. For most of the ...