Last week I was in Atlanta for the Devnexus conference. This is a well-regarded conference that has been running since 2009, but it was the first time I’d had an opportunity to attend. I delivered two presentations, both of which were new material: “It’s Java Jim, But Not As We Know It” and “55 New
I’ve written a couple of blogs in the past about jHiccup, which is a really useful tool for looking at the performance of the platform your Java application is running on. jHiccup can show you things like the real impact of garbage collection pauses on your application. Recently, however, I found another use for it,
One of the things I love about my job is the fact that I get to meet developers from all over the world. A while back I sat down and figured out that, during my career, I’ve spoken about Java to audiences in 57 countries (and I’m always looking for new places to go).
This week we had one of the three face-to-face meetings that the JCP executive committee (EC) has each year. This is only my second meeting of this format; despite my long history with Java it’s interesting to see the way things work from this perspective. Since the minutes of the meeting have not yet
Many years ago, when I was working at Sun doing Java Evangelism, a friend of mine bought me a genuine crystal ball. He said I was always trying to tell people about the future of Java, so I might as well be appropriately equipped. Since this is the first week of 2017 (happy new
An article was published recently in The Register, that has raised concerns about the licensing implications of using Oracle’s Java offerings. Many end-users have expressed concerns about whether they need to pay to use Java. To help resolve some of this confusion Oracle’s Java Platform Group, Product Management team posted a blog entry describing their
Java is the most popular application development platform on the planet, but that doesn’t always mean its simple to understand. Certainly not from the point of view of performance. Unlike most other platforms there is the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that introduces an additional layer between your application code and the physical machine on which
“Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need.” – Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992 Whilst the above quote is clearly no longer true, one of the misconceptions I often come across when talking to people about Azul’s Zing JVM is how much memory it
That was the report from one of the world’s largest e-commerce sites. They worked hard to make their holiday shopping season a success, and here’s what they reported after Black Friday 2016: “We had an awesome and a BORING holiday. Yes, I said BORING, which is what me and my team worked really hard for.
I’m really not sure how I stumbled across this link, but it was a while ago and I put a reminder in my diary so I’d remember the twentieth anniversary of the unveiling of the @deprecated javadoc tag. As such I thought some reflections on this would make an interesting blog entry. When Java was
This is a quick note for developers who are tracking Java 9. We’ve just uploaded new OpenJDK pre-release builds of Java 9, matching project source build 136. This build incorporates OpenJDK Java 9 code as of September 14, 2016. The pre-release binaries are also trackable as Zulu 9, release 8. Zulu 9 is available for
Earlier today we made the following announcement, aligned with the Windows Server 2016 launch at this week’s Microsoft Ignite. Highlights of the announcement: Azul’s Zulu Enterprise now includes 100% open source, certified builds of OpenJDK with support for Windows Server 2016 Ideal for organizations and developers that prefer open source and want the peace of
