A practical example of building a reactive, non-blocking REST API with Spring WebFlux and MongoDB. No env needed for this simple crud app, so dont worry about it.

💡 For a deeper dive into when and why to use WebFlux, read the full blog post.

You can run this app in two ways:

Option 1 – With Docker (recommended)

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Option 2 – Locally

• Java 21+
• Maven 3.9+
• MongoDB running locally

docker compose up