The Java ecosystem supports a host of outstanding back-end frameworks, including many written for modern languages like Scala and Kotlin. Here's how seven top frameworks for Java and JVM languages ...

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There is some overlap -- but they're fundamentally different. Java instrumentation will track each and every instance of a given metric. This can create performance issues. Java sampling involves ...

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a vital part of modern distributed computing. It is the platform of big data applications like Spark, HDFS, Cassandra,and Hive. While the JVM provides “write once, ...

The best way to optimize JVM throughput and avoid runtime bottlenecks is to make Java performance profiling a key part of your team's continuous development and deployment (CI/CD) strategy. Here are ...

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Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments on Azure. The tool aims to address long-standing challenges developers face ...

A major issue stands in the way of Java scalability today, and Cloudera’s Eva Andreasson wants Java developers to stop ignoring it. Here she makes the case for why true Java application scalability ...

Java has powered the world's most critical software for nearly three decades — from banking platforms and healthcare systems to enterprise applications and Android apps.

The company Lightbend has announced a new major version of Akka. With this release, the JVM toolkit becomes a comprehensive platform for creating applications and running them on different cloud ...