Java is a computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
We are continually trying to improve our code base, and not just by adding new features, but by going back to our core code and increasing the quality. We do this not only to reduce our technical debt but also because it makes the code more legible, it gives us a chance to review the…
How have Java SE releases changed? Choosing a Java SE version used to be fairly straight-forward. For about 12 years, you went with Java6! In recent years, things have changed, and we now have a new Java SE release every six months… What does this mean? Firstly, this is a good thing. It means that…
This month’s theme is Java 10 to tie in with the release of the new Java version. Despite being only 6 months since Java 9, there are some really exciting new features. I am going to look at the experimental JIT compiler that is part of Project Graal. What is Project Graal? Project Graal was…
For Java 10 there has been work taking place under the hood to help improve performance. There are several changes that are taking place to improve performance under the hood of the JVM. One of these changes is JEP-312. When running an application the JVM needs to occasionally stop executing Java code in order…
Java 10 has officially been out for almost a month now, and it brought with it some improvements to the G1 garbage collector. G1 was made the default garbage collector as of Java 9 in favour of Parallel GC, as the general consensus was that low pause times are more important than higher throughput…
