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Java 9 High Performance

By : Mayur Ramgir, Nick Samoylov
Book Image

Java 9 High Performance

By: Mayur Ramgir, Nick Samoylov

Overview of this book

Finally, a book that focuses on the practicalities rather than theory of Java application performance tuning. This book will be your one-stop guide to optimize the performance of your Java applications. We will begin by understanding the new features and APIs of Java 9. You will then be taught the practicalities of Java application performance tuning, how to make the best use of garbage collector, and find out how to optimize code with microbenchmarking. Moving ahead, you will be introduced to multithreading and learning about concurrent programming with Java 9 to build highly concurrent and efficient applications. You will learn how to fine tune your Java code for best results. You will discover techniques on how to benchmark performance and reduce various bottlenecks in your applications. We'll also cover best practices of Java programming that will help you improve the quality of your codebase. By the end of the book, you will be armed with the knowledge to build and deploy efficient, scalable, and concurrent applications in Java.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Why use microbenchmarking?

There is always a question as to when is the right time to use a microbenchmarking experiment. This practice is rarely used. However, with Java 9 providing the JMH option without the need for installing other tools, it becomes an excellent and efficiently-available tool.

The debate about the rightful use of microbenchmarking stems from the fact that optimizing a code before it is actually completed and used for a particular task takes away its impact in a commercial environment.

If you keep testing every bit of code that you write as a programmer, then the whole process becomes extremely slow and difficult to follow in a dedicated and shortened timeline. Most programmers believe that the attempt to optimize code without finishing functionality results in a poorly developed situation.

Microbenchmarking continues to be a great tool, when it is used in...