Excessive object creation can be a huge problem in Java programs. Despite continuing improvements in JVM technology for memory management, the object creation and garbage collection cycle is still ...

James Ward is a Java Champion and Google’s Kotlin product manager. In this interview, he speaks about the state of Java, JVM languages, mutability, and functional programming.

The main thing that makes Ratpack interesting is the execution model, which aims to make asynchronous programming on the JVM easier.

For both short- and long-term allocations, the C++ program is considerably faster than the Java program running on any JVM. Short-term allocations have been one focus area for optimization in HotSpot.

The Java virtual machine is a program whose purpose is to execute other programs. It’s a simple idea that also stands as one of our greatest examples of coding kung fu. The JVM upset the status ...

Enter Scala: a statically-typed language that compiles to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and is a blend of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms.

You can fix your Java memory leak problem without a costly JVM heap dump. Just use Java Flight Recorder's Old Object Sample event and view the recording in JDK Mission Control.

Much of its popularity is due to JVM compatibility and support for Java 6; but more importantly, it's possible to build a project with a mix of code files written in either Kotlin or Java.