Optimizing Java: Practical Techniques for Improved Performance Tuning

Currently, no books exist that focus on the practicalities of Java application performance tuning, as opposed to the theory and internals of Java virtual machines. This practical guide is the “missing link” that aims to move Java performance tuning from the realm of guesswork and folklore to an experimental science.

• Learn how to approach performance problems in an consistent and systematic way
• Resolve production performance issues by learning core Java performance topics
• Identify and resolve performance issues before encountering them in production
• Understand the performance problems you encounter by learning the Java platform’s internals

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Optimization And Performance Defined
Chapter 2. Overview Of The Jvm
Chapter 3. Hardware And Operating Systems
Chapter 4. Performance Testing Patterns And Antipatterns
Chapter 5. Microbenchmarking And Statistics
Chapter 6. Understanding Garbage Collection
Chapter 7. Advanced Garbage Collection
Chapter 8. Gc Logging, Monitoring, Tuning, And Tools
Chapter 9. Code Execution On The Jvm
Chapter 10. Understanding Jit Compilation
Chapter 11. Java Language Performance Techniques
Chapter 12. Concurrent Performance Techniques
Chapter 13. Profiling
Chapter 14. High-Performance Logging And Messaging
Chapter 15. Java 9 And The Future