MicroProfile™ was formed in June 2016 as a collaboration between Red Hat, IBM, Tomitribe, Payara, and the London Java Community to bring microservices to Enterprise Java. By the end of 2016, it became an Eclipse Foundation project where it officially became Eclipse MicroProfile™, and is now part of the Eclipse Foundation's Cloud Native Java portfolio.

Since its inception, Eclipse MicroProfile has focused on rapid innovation with a consistent and regular release cadence. The pace of innovation can be seen in the eight platform releases since 2016 and will grow with a regular cadence of three releases a year. Rapid innovation enables MicroProfile to move quickly to meet the needs of the community, instead of waiting years for a specification to be released.

In three short years, MicroProfile has grown to include eight individual specifications that are part of the platform releases, and three additional specifications that are currently standalone. Each specification is able to evolve independently at its own pace, while combining into a cohesive platform for microservice development.

In the short time MicroProfile has existed, we've already seen great adoption within the community, which continues to grow. This year's Jakarta EE Developer survey showed a huge increase in adoption since last year.

What exactly is the MicroProfile release? It combines specifications which the community considers necessary for developing microservices with Enterprise Java.

In this RefCard, we will briefly cover each of these specifications and how they assist in developing microservices for Enterprise Java.

This is a preview of the Eclipse MicroProfile Refcard. To read the entire Refcard, please download the PDF from the link above.