Advantages of Using Reactive Web
Learn about the advantages of using the reactive web.
Benefits of non-blocking web calls
WebFlux implements a reactive, non-blocking API. That sounds pretty cool, but, what does that mean exactly? Why should we care about non-blocking web calls?
Combats slow Internet connection
The first reason is slow Internet connections. Having a slow connection is annoying, but it gets even worse with classic blocking HTTP calls. Let’s say you’re searching for the best mobile phones on your favorite online store app. You enter the query terms and press “Search”. Your Internet connection is slow, so you need to wait for 15 seconds, staring at a spinner or a blank page.
Then, all at once, the full first page with results pops up. That happens because the web server doesn’t care about your slow connection, so it’s responding with a, let’s say, 300 kilobytes ...