S3E33 - Spring Cloud Oracle

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Mark Nelson and Anders Swanson from Oracle to discuss Spring Cloud Oracle. At the end of this episode, you will understand how Spring Cloud Oracle simplifies integration with Oracle Database and OCI services, including UCP, vector databases, and more. You can participate in our live stream to ask questions or catch the replay on your preferred podcast platform.Show Notes:Introduction to Spring Cloud Oracle and its purposeOverview of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) free tierDiscussion on Universal Connection Pool (UCP) vs HikariCPOracle's vector database support and Spring AI integrationOracle's in-database message broker and Spring Cloud Stream binderVirtual threads support in Java 21Server-side connection pooling for microservicesJSON collections and relational duality views in Oracle DatabaseObservability features in OCIUpcoming OpenTelemetry support for distributed tracingSpring CLI and project templates for Oracle CloudTest container support for Oracle DatabaseUpcoming open-rewrite recipes for HikariCP to UCP migrationResources:Oracle Cloud free tier: https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/ Spring Cloud Oracle GitHub: https://github.com/oracle/spring-cloud-oracleKey Takeaways:Spring Cloud Oracle simplifies integration between Spring applications and Oracle Database/OCI servicesOracle offers a generous free tier for developers to explore and test OCI servicesUpcoming features include improved observability, distributed tracing, and migration tools