Wednesday Links - Edition 2022-02-09

#java #jvm #performance #kotlin

JEP draft: Sequenced Collections (12 min)💎
https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8280836

Thread Pool awareness (30 sec read)👀
https://twitter.com/jnabrdalik/status/1491086220201701376

JMH + Java 17 (30 sec read)⚫
https://twitter.com/ijuma/status/1490442965059207174

Lies, Damned Lies, and Microbenchmarks (4 min)🐟
https://horstmann.com/unblog/2022-01-06/index.html

Measuring ForkJoinPool Parallelism (10 min)🔀
https://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue297-Measuring-ForkJoinPool-Parallelism.html

Kotlin 1.6.20 Preview (7 min)🎉
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2022/02/kotlin-1-6-20-m1-released/

High performance with idiomatic Kotlin (15 min)🚄
https://magdamiu.medium.com/high-performance-with-idiomatic-kotlin-d52e099d0df0

Understanding Java Compilation: From Bytecodes to Machine Code in the JVM (7 min)🦾
https://www.azul.com/blog/understanding-java-compilation-from-bytecodes-to-machine-code

An Introduction to Annotations and Annotation Processing in Java (15 min)🏷️
https://reflectoring.io/java-annotation-processing/

Mobile Vitals: A first step to Faster Apps

Slow startup times, UI hangs, and frozen frames frustrate users—but they’re also fixable. Mobile Vitals help you measure and understand these performance issues so you can optimize your app’s speed and responsiveness. Learn how to use them to reduce friction and improve user experience.

Read the guide