Improved Documentation of HotSpot Options in Java 8

One of the small but welcome features introduced with Oracle’s HotSpot implementation of Java 8 is the addition of many…

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Lean, Mean, Java Virtual Machine: Making Your Docker 7x Lighter With Alpine Linux

How to build a minimal JVM container with Docker on Alpine Linux? There has definitely been an awakening of some…

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Introducing Cucumber for Java + STANDARD Values

As software developers, we all have our favorite tools for making us successful. Many are perfect for the job when…

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How long does it take the jvm to effect escape analysis? Maybe longer than you think.

This post looks at escape analysis, in particular how long it takes for the jvm to effect escape analysis in…

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JVM microservices – JVM based application as Docker container

Continuation of Windows and Docker integration guide. The goal of this post is to show quick and easy way of…

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5 Tips for Reducing Your Java Garbage Collection Overhead

What are some of the most useful tips for keeping your GC overhead low? With the upcoming-yet-delayed-once-again release of Java…

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JIT Compiler, Inlining and Escape Analysis

Just-in-time (JIT) Just-in-time (JIT) compiler is the brain of the Java Virtual Machine. Nothing in the JVM affects performance more…

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jOOQ Tuesdays: Rafael Winterhalter is Wrestling Byte Code with Byte Buddy

Welcome to the jOOQ Tuesdays series. In this series, we’ll publish an article on the third Tuesday every other month…

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Writing BDD tests with Cucumber JVM

Cucumber JVM as an excellent tool to write your BDD tests.In this article I would like to give an introduction…

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