Explore reactive programming in Spring Framework 5 with this comprehensive conference talk from GOTO Chicago 2019. Dive into the world of microservices and big data, addressing the limitations of traditional input/output and the challenges of network integration. Learn about Spring WebFlux, a new Netty-based web runtime, and discover how reactive programming is supported across the Spring portfolio, including Spring Data Kay, Spring Security 5.0, Spring Boot 2.0, and Spring Cloud Finchley. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates creating a new project, working with reactive code repositories, handling subscriptions and flow control, and implementing reactive pipelines with MongoDB. Gain insights into processors, publishers, and reservation types, and see practical examples of socket programming in a reactive context.