Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. I don’t know anyone who likes investigating a Java heap dump. They can be massive — literally ...

When you create a new object in Java,<br><br>aClass a = new aClass();<br><br>memory is dynamically allocated on the process's heap to store the object instance. A reference to this object is created ...

Memory bugs, essentially a mistake in the management of heap memory, can occur in any program that is being written, enhanced, or maintained. A memory bug can be caused by a number of factors, ...

Java applications run on the JVM, but what do you know about JVM technology? This article, the first in a series, is an overview of how a classic Java virtual machine works such as pros and cons of ...