DGS: How Netflix handles high-volume traffic with Spring Boot

What is the NETFLIX-DGS Framework?

1⃣ Spring Boot-based GraphQL framework developed and used directly by Netflix

2⃣ It was created to overcome the problems of existing REST APIs and achieve optimal GraphQL operations in microservice environments.

3⃣ It is a framework developed with a focus on efficient developer productivity.

4⃣ Netflix uses DGS across hundreds of internal services, making it a technology proven in real-world practice.

5⃣ Supports GraphQL Federation for excellent scalability even in large-scale systems.

6⃣ Netflix's Java Platform team is continuously developing and optimizing it, and it is now open-sourced. 🚀

NETFLIX's Method for Spring BootEfficiently Handling High-Volume Traffic

NETFLIX developed the DGS framework through this process.

• In 2018, NETFLIX researched the use of GraphQL to solve REST API operational issues

• 2019 Started introducing GraphQL to some services

• 2020 Designed the DGS framework to enable more efficient GraphQL development

• In 2021, we open-sourced the DGS framework that was previously used only internally

• From 2022 to present, NETFLIX has been operating hundreds of internal services with DGS and plans to continue improving them.

NETFLIX and Spring team's close collaboration leads to the release of version 10.x!

In March 2024, NETFLIX announced the integration of DGS and Spring for GraphQL through close collaboration with the Spring team.
The integration plan was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024, and on December 21, 2024, it was integrated and released as version 10.x!

This version removes all existing legacy modules and code, significantly reducing the size of the codebase.

This is expected to contribute to accelerating development speed for future features.

And it has undergone performance optimization work, allowing developers to achieve more efficient development.

Through this course, you can directly implement into your service the technology adopted by NETFLIX!

The course covers the basic usage of DGS with only the necessary content presented as concisely as possible.

You might think the lecture time is too short to learn one technology, but I edited out all the unnecessary content and meaningless time from the video, leaving only the parts I thought were absolutely necessary.

You can quickly acquire technical skills through the experience of directly developing small services!

In the course, we will develop a virtual movie search platform service called moview using DGS.

Through this experience, you can quickly acquire technical skills and develop the intuition for implementing them in real-world work!

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