Explore reactive programming with Spring 5 and Project Reactor in this 51-minute Devoxx conference talk. Dive into the new Netty-based web runtime and learn how to integrate it with existing Spring-stack technologies. Discover powerful testing mechanisms to improve code quality and efficiency. Follow along with a live coding demo that showcases how to build message-driven, elastic, resilient, and responsive services. Cover topics such as asynchronous I/O, Reactive Streams, data access, building applications, working with Flux and publishers, creating REST controllers, and implementing server-sent events. Gain insights into observability, security, authentication, and authorization in reactive applications. Learn from Java Champions Mark Heckler and Josh Long as they demonstrate how to leverage Spring 5's reactive capabilities for developing high-performance, scalable systems beyond traditional CRUD operations.