Garbage collection provides Java memory management, reclaiming objects no longer used by a program. But Terracotta describes garbage collection as the “Achilles’ heel” of Java applications ...

Java memory management If developers find themselves in a position where they need to force Java garbage collection, there's probably a more nefarious problem plaguing the Java apps.

Excessive object creation can be a huge problem in Java programs. Despite continuing improvements in JVM technology for memory management, the object creation and garbage collection cycle is still ...

Memory management is an important part of managing the runtime of Java-based applications and microservices. Those interested in landing a job that involves Java performance tuning need to be able to ...

AppDynamics just introduced version 3.0 of its application performance management product that is designed to seek out these issues in a distributed java-based environment.

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails ...