Debugging can be quite tedious, complex and cumbersome. Detailed within this blog we will explore how to make Java debugging a bit easier by leveraging the JVM’s embedded debugging tools. Native C/C++ debuggers utilize operating system hooks to debug an application. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) includes it’s own unique and powerful toolkit for debugging;…
Containers are increasingly becoming the preferred way of deploying applications. They facilitate consistency between development and operations, allow for an easy way to build layers for reuse, and make it very easy for users to try out an application without having to deal with setting up all the prerequisites. However, just because applications have moved…
In the first post of this series we learned how to profile modules within the JVM itself using perf. This is useful for diagnosing JVM related problems. However in typical applications the user application code (JCL included) will dominate the profile, so it is often desirable to want to profile the user application code as…
What are arraylets? When an array or any object is created in a Java program, one of the places the Garbage Collector (GC) stores objects is in the heap. Individual objects are stored in a contiguous block of memory, which makes it easier to reference them. Arrays as such are also stored in a contiguous…
Continuing my team’s work from the 2018 Extreme Blue (EB) term, I spent the first two weeks of my co-op wrapping up our JITaaS project so that it could be merged. During EB, my team was responsible for implementing a prototype for JITaaS (Just in Time Compiler as a Service). Runtimes are comprised of various…
