Announcement: JMC 8.0.1 Has Been Released!
The 8.0.1-ga tag was just set in the jmc8 repository on GitHub, a patch update release, and will therefore not include any new features.
JDK Flight Recorder
OpenJDK and the Future of Production Profiling
With changes in the Java (and the computing) ecosystem, JFR has some loom-ing challenges to remain relevant for the future!
Towards Continuous Performance Regression Testing
Introduction to the JfrUnit open-source project, providing assertions not on metrics like latency/throughput, but on indirect metrics.
Improved JFR Allocation Profiling in JDK 16
The new throughput management mechanism in JFR gets fine details about behavior without being overwhelmed by the sheer number of JFR events.
The SolarWinds Hack for Java Developers
For Java developers and architects who design, build, and run applications, there are two core take-aways to the SolarWinds hack...
How & When to Use JDK Flight Recorder in Production
A discussion on the usage of JDK Flight Recorder and that it’s possible to aim at specific time frames where a recording could be useful.
Using Java Flight Recorder and Mission Control (Part 3)
Did you know Java Flight Recorder offers a public API for controling JFR programmatically or to read events from a JFR file? Read on!
Continuous Production Profiling and Diagnostics
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about continuous production profiling. Why to profile in production and why the heck leave it on …
Using Java Flight Recorder and Mission Control (Part 2)
Continuing from part 1, to exploit the recording by analyzing it, we have a tool named jfr that ships with the JDK. Let's get started!
Using Java Flight Recorder and Mission Control (Part 1)
Java Flight Recorder is the profiler you can use in production, continuously, it is a feature in the JVM that traces the JVM with events.