Codename One launches native Java backend for microservices

Codename One introduced an experimental native backend that compiles Java controllers into native executables via ParparVM. In benchmarks a static build handled 595,610 requests/sec versus 496,293 for Go with fasthttp, with 0.77 ms startup and a 7.95 MB binary.

• Static build: 595,610 req/s versus 496,293 for Go with fasthttp
• Startup to first connection 0.77 ms, binary size 7.95 MB
• Memory under load 10–40 MB versus 190 MB on the JVM
• Supports SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB with shared app models