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GraalVM — The Game Changer That Transformed Spring Boot Performance
GraalVM
Introduction
For many years, Java developers faced two major challenges when building enterprise applications:
- Slow application startup
- High memory consumption
These issues became even more noticeable with the rise of Microservices, Cloud Computing, Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless architectures.
To address these challenges, Oracle introduced GraalVM, a high-performance JDK that significantly improves Java application performance.
With the release of Spring Boot 3 and Spring Framework 6, Spring officially added support for GraalVM Native Images, making Java applications faster and more cloud-friendly than ever before.
What is GraalVM?
GraalVM is a high-performance Java Development Kit (JDK) developed by Oracle.
Unlike a traditional JDK, GraalVM is not limited to running Java applications. It supports multiple programming languages, including:
- Java
- Kotlin
- Scala
- JavaScript
- Python
- Ruby
