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  • InfoQ Talks to Azul Systems Gil Tene Part 2

    In this part 2 of InfoQ's conversation with Gil Tene of Azul Systems, Gil discusses their latest engineering project aimed at bring better low-level memory layout control to Java, and the requirement modern high-performance Java applications have for this solution.

    Ben Evans
    on Jan 17, 2015

  • InfoQ Talks to Azul Systems Gil Tene about Zing, Zulu, and New Releases

    Gil Tene of Azul Systems talks about shipping their Java 8 compatible release, the need for certified builds and the problem with the current approach to Java taken by Docker.

    Ben Evans
    on Jan 06, 2015

  • Java 9 and Beyond. Oracle's Brian Goetz and John Rose Glimpse into the Future

    Oracle's Brian Goetz (Java Language Architect) and John Rose (JVM Architect) take us on a deep-dive discussion about some of the technologies and features being discussed for Java 9 and beyond.

    Ben Evans
    on Jan 04, 2015

  • Teaching Kids Java Programming

    During the holiday season we think about our families, our children, and and their future. In this article, Yakov Fain give us some insight about what lead him to write his new book "Java Programming for Kids" (now available as a free download) and includes some sample chapters.

    Yakov Fain
    on Dec 22, 2014
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    Designing a Highly Available, Fault Tolerant, Hadoop Cluster with Data Isolation

    As data grows exponentially, the modern Hadoop ecosystem provides not only a reliable distributed aggregation system that delivers data parallelism, but also analytics for great data insights. In this article Monica Beckwith, starting from core Hadoop components, investigates the design of a highly available, fault tolerant Hadoop cluster, adding security and data-level isolation.

    Monica Beckwith
    on Dec 16, 2014

  • Book Review and Interview: Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development

    Regular InfoQ Java contributor Dr. Alex Blewitt has recently published a follow-up to last year’s "Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example”. Called “Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development,” the book, like its predecessor, is essentially a tutorial, but it assumes that you are already familiar with the basics of building plug-ins for the Eclipse IDE, and rapidly dives into advanced topics. 

    Charles Humble
    on Dec 11, 2014

  • Functional Programming in Scala Review and Q&A with the Authors

    Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason's Functional Programming in Scala "is not a book about Scala," say the authors, rather it is a principled introduction to functional programming that relies on Scala. An interview with the authors.

    Sergio De Simone
    on Dec 08, 2014

  • The Fatal Flaw of Finalizers and Phantoms

    Most developers know that finalizers should not be depended on, but sometimes they are necessary. PhantomReferences, often cited as a good alternative, also suffer from the same fundamental problems. In this article we reveal how to contend with the many issues surrounding finalization in Java.

    Jason Greene
    on Dec 02, 2014

  • Tuning Java Servers

    With tens of thousands of Java servers running in production in the enterprise, many engineers still lack the skills to keep their Java servers greased. In this article InfoQ takes a look at basic techniques for tuning Java servers.

    Srinath Perera
    on Nov 24, 2014

  • Is Your Java Application Hostile to JIT Compilation?

    ​One of the most important parts of the JVM is the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. However, many applications are not written to take full advantage of the high-performance capabilities of the JIT. In this article we investigate some simple tricks to identify issues that may be making your application unfriendly to JIT.

    Ben Evans
    on Nov 21, 2014

  • GS Collections by Example – Part 2

    Donald Raab, creator of GS Collections, open sourced by Goldman Sachs in 2012, continues to explore more examples from that powerful framework

    Donald Raab
    on Nov 10, 2014

  • Java 8 for Financial Services

    Java 8 lambdas and the new Streams API simplify common idiomatic constructs. In this article we investigate some common use cases in financial services and how they are easily solved with lambdas and Java 8's new Stream API.

    John T Davies
    on Nov 06, 2014
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