JVM Mechanics

YouTube·Devoxx

Explore the inner workings of HotSpot's Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation process in this 50-minute Devoxx conference talk. Gain insights into how the JVM makes crucial decisions about code compilation, deoptimization, and garbage collection through real-world code examples. Learn about the potential pitfalls when the JVM's decisions are suboptimal. Benefit from the expertise of Douglas Hawkins, a VM engineer at Azul Systems with a decade of software development experience across bioinformatics, finance, and retail. Discover the intricacies of VM internals and get introduced to Azul's ReadyNow technology, led by Hawkins himself.