The document discusses using DropWizard to build Java microservices as an alternative to traditional EAR/WAR applications. DropWizard provides a lightweight framework based on Jetty that allows building standalone applications with integrated configuration, health checking, and REST capabilities. It summarizes the key components of the DropWizard stack including Jetty, Jersey, Jackson, Metrics, and dependencies. It also compares monolithic and microservice architectures and notes some disadvantages of microservices like increased complexity of distribution, monitoring, and testing in a distributed environment.