Java? Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics

by Steve Wilson

Book Overview

Drawing on the authors knowledge of the Java programming language and their extensive experience working on performance issues, the book reveals common mistakes and misconceptions concerning the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201709694
• ISBN13: 9780201709698
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Well-written, very technical, and without the useless filler that you see so often in computer books.

Great for Java APPLICATION developers

For some reason Java has fragmented into two camps. Web, application server, EJB folks and Java application folks.The needs of the two are very different and as a developer tasked with writing robust Java applications this book is a great resource.The writer is NOT a English major writing about a technical subject but a seasonsed developer sharing solid information that I have not found anyhwere else.Ironically the only other book of value on the topic of Java application performance is geared more towards writing a HTTP server. (server side) But it is an excellant companion to this book as well. [Dov Bulka's book]A point worth mentioning is... This book is NOT for learning Java. It is for people who have read and studied everything else and still have questions about writing a great Java application that runs on all platforms and has a great UI.I would highly recommend this book to a Senior Java developer ESPECIALLY if your getting kicked from the C++ boys about your application being too slow.

Terrific Strategies

A real eye opener! I am more conscious of my programming style after reading this book. It has taught me to look for potential stumbling blocks esp. regarding performance.

Improve your Java by shedding its myths

There are a number of things everybody 'knows' about Java. Bad things such as "It's slow (but can be speeded up by calling native methods)" or good things such as "It doesn't leak memory". Unfortunately, like most things, the truth is more complicated.Wilson and Kesselman have done an excellent job of getting under the bonnet (or hood for those in the US) of Java whilst firmly remaining practical rather than theoretical.I bought the book because we suspected memory leakage problems in one of our applets but couldn't find much information on the subject elsewhere. The net result is that we've had our eyes opened to a number of issues we weren't aware of and have been able to tackle them with informed confidence rather than ill-educated guesswork.A particular bonus is the information on benchmarking. So often we find we develop solutions on the basis of ease of coding rather than performance (not always bad thing). What I've found now is that I have greater confidence in both trying out different solutions and then concrete evidence with which I can justify my decisions to others.Though not for beginners, I would reccommend this book as a good one for expanding your knowledge of how to deliver good, practical, faster and more robust Java. Being able to give sound background information on why you write a piece of code in a particular way is an important step on the way from being a developer to being a key developer.

Excellent

This book covers many parts of Java. There are lots of tips on how to make your code faster. I really liked the chapter on "RAM Footprint." The chapter about JNI was also really useful. The writing style was easy to follow and the example code is very clear. You should get this book.