Testing Java 8 in 3 Easy Steps

tl;dr Use your CI Setup to test Java 8. The upcoming Java 8 release promises a bunch of new feature…

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Lambdas: coming to a Java 8 near you!

What are Lambdas? A lambda expression is a type of anonymous function, that can be written inline within a method…

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Garbage Collection in Java (3)

This follows on from my previous two garbage collection blog posts: Overview of GC in Hotspot. Parallel Garbage Collectors. Concurrent…

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Garbage Collection in Java (2)

Parallel Scavenge Today we cover how Parallel GC works. Specifically this is the combination of running a Parallel Scavenge collector…

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Garbage Collection in Java (1)

This is the first in a series of posts about Garbage Collection (GC). I hope to be able to cover…

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