The main goal was to take an out of the box JSF application (PrimeFaces Showcase) and run it in both a Java EE Server and in Quarkus. Some addition goals:
- See how much we can improve performance by incorporating various optimization tricks for JSF applications
- See if Quarkus is a viable option for JSF and migrating to Docker containers
- OpenJDK 11.0.10
- JBoss Wildfly 18.0.1
- Quarkus 2.6.2.Final
- JSF Production Mode
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @2.21 GHz 16GB RAM
- Apache MyFaces (Quarkus) instead of Jakarta Mojarra (Wildfly)
- PrimeFaces MOVE_SCRIPTS_TO_BOTTOM
- OmniFaces GzipResponseFilter
- OmniFaces CombinedResourceHandler
- PrimeFaces Extensions CombinedResourceHandler Helper
- jQuery Hide Page Until Complete
The following client and server metrics were captured while hitting the exact same page /datatable/crud.xhtml
Using Incognito Mode and pressing CTRL+F5 so it forced the browser to load all resources from the server with nothing cached.
| Metric | WildFly EE | Quarkus (unoptimized) | Quarkus (optimized) | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Size | 48.5 MB WAR | 98 MB | 98 MB | ------ |
| Cold Startup | 10.3 s | 3.04 s | 3.01 s | 70.78% |
| Memory Used | 140 MB | 39 MB | 39 MB | 72.14% |
| HTTP Requests | 114 | 114 | 89 | 21.93% |
| Resource Size | 4.4 MB | 4.4 MB | 4.4 MB | ----- |
| Transferred Size | 4.4 MB | 4.4 MB | 2.9 MB | 34.09% |
| DOM Loaded | 1150 ms | 745 ms | 668 ms | 41.91% |
| Lighthouse Score | 59/100 | 61/100 | 98/100 | 66.10% |
| First Paint | 2.4 s | 1.0 s | 0.6 s | 75.00% |
| Largest Paint | 2.7 s | 5.2 s | 1.3 s | 51.85% |
| Speed Index | 2.4 s | 1.8 s | 0.9 s | 62.50% |
| Time To Interactive | 3.9 s | 5.2 s | 1.3 s | 66.67% |
To run the example in Dev mode:
git clone https://github.com/melloware/quarkus-faces
cd quarkus-faces
mvn clean compile quarkus:dev
Then open your web browser to http://localhost:8080/
To run the example in HotSpot Production mode (GraalVM native-image not supported):
git clone https://github.com/melloware/quarkus-faces
cd quarkus-faces
mvn clean package
java -jar target/quarkus-app/quarkus-run.jar
Then open your web browser to http://localhost:8080/
Builds a Docker image running as a standard JVM application.
mvn clean package -Ddocker
docker run -i --rm -p 8080:8080 melloware/quarkus-faces:latest
Builds a native Docker image running as a GraalVM (Mandrel) application.
⚠️ NOTE: not currently working because of limitations with some classloading.
mvn clean package -Dnative
docker build -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native -t melloware/quarkus-faces:${version} .
docker run -i --rm -p 8080:8080 melloware/quarkus-faces:${version}
We have a WIKI page where we are keeping track of known issues while developing with Quarkus/MyFaces/PrimeFaces. Please feel free to contribute to that page if you find anything you think others should know!