This repository contains the code to be able to test the different performances between a spring-boot blocking application based on JDBC and a spring web-flux application wich uses R2DBC reactive drivers.
The experimental results I've found have been published in the following medium article for you to consider.
https://link.medium.com/CzFp1qZKhmb
Please consider that all this code is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0 and it's free for you to use and customize as you wish.
Build gradle-wrapper.jar by executing gradle wrapper inside spring project
gradle wrapper Run the containers by executing the following command inside the "deployment" folder:
docker-compose rm -f
docker-compose up --build --force-recreate --remove-orphans 
Run k6 tests in temporary container by executing the following command inside the "k6-testing" folder:
docker-compose run --rm k6 run /k6-scripts/<test-name> -e TYPE=jdbc -e USERS=20
Before each test you should run the following script to make every load test independent of the previous executions.
delete from books b where b.book_id <> 1;
delete from orders ;Datas will be available on the grafana dashboard at:
http://localhost:3000/d/k6/k6-load-testing-results?orgId=1&refresh=5s
