Behind-the-Scenes Innovations in Java

It’s fascinating to watch the evolution of Java—new features emerging every six months, a language that is getting concise, expressive, and elegant with each release, more power packed for performance and scale at the same time, the praises can be endless, as it should be. However, significant innovation in Java is behind the scenes, things that a casual programmer may not take note of but contributes to significant performance boost or prevents some types of errors. A number of features we see in Java exist in other languages, both on the JVM and outside. However, Java’s implementation of the features are either unique or simply different for a good measure. In this presentation we will look at the evolution of Java over the past decade, but from the point of view of behind-the-scenes techniques that support and enforce robustness and performance.

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam

Founder, Agile Developer, Inc., University of Houston

Behind-the-Scenes Innovations in Java

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam

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