Java Programming Tutorials and Videos
As opposed to Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, found in most modern JVMs, Microsoft .NET framework, browser JavaScript engines, and numerous dynamic language implementations, Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation is normally associated with “old school”, static languages such as FORTRAN or C/C++. The fact is that an AOT compiler (Ngen) has been part of …
The classes of the Java Collections Framework belong to the most used part of the JDK. But can the offered list implementations really be used for all purposes? The most used class ArrayList has not only a minimalistic API but also serious performance weaknesses. The first part of the session …
Now that the Java Caching API has been ratified, it is time to look at what is new since it was first proposed. This session covers some of the background decisions behind the API, what survived, what was removed, what was refactored, and what is next.
How do Java 8’s new features, Lambdas and Optional in particular, perform? Do they create garbage and is there anything you can do about it? This talk discusses new features in Java 8 that can be used in Low Latency coding and which old features have been optimized.
If we were able to take a microscope and observe how our programs work on the lowest level, we would be surprised and shocked. Close to the wire, programs behave very differently from what we expect. In this session we will go through code examples that show the counter-intuitive behavior …
You’ve probably heard about the lambda calculus, building up our computing structures from just the treasured lambda. But how much have you played with it? In this talk, armed only with Vim and the CLI, we’ll explore some interesting topics in building up our world with just the lambda and …
