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= FAQ

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== What is Hilla?

Hilla is a framework for building reactive web applications on Java backends.
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Hilla is developed using Java as the reference language for the backend. Hilla parses `.class` files, which can be compiled from other languages as well, but support from some features may vary depending on the language.
For example, in Java, an annotation is used to mark a field as not null, while in Kotlin that's part of the language syntax.

== Does Hilla support a microservice architecture?
Yes. Hilla only requires a thin endpoint layer to communicate with the frontend. The rest of the backend can employ a microservice setup that Hilla endpoints would communicate with. See this https://hilla.dev/blog/using-microservices-from-hilla/[blog post] for more details.
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