Java performance programming: Read the whole series! Part 1. Learn how to reduce program overhead and improve performance by controlling object creation and garbage collection Part 2. Reduce overhead ...

Copying objects is a common Java programming operation that has one serious trap. Here's how to avoid copying from an object reference and only copy the instance and values you want. Copying objects ...

One of the easiest ways to understand what is meant by ‘object oriented’, is to define what it is not. Before Object Oriented Programming (OOP) programs were written an imperative way, essentially a ...

Covers Java best practices, design patterns, generics, concurrency, and performance optimization through practical examples ...

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.