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Join us at Microsoft JDConf 2022

March 7, 2022 Mar 7, 2022 03/7/22
Nate Ceres
Join us for the second Microsoft JDConf event on May 4-5, 2022. JDConf is a virtual, Java focused conference where developers can come together to share interesting topics and stay engaged. Learn about the latest cloud development trends, best practices, tips, tricks, and more.

Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

April 6, 2021 Apr 6, 2021 04/6/21
Bruno Borges
Today we are excited to announce the preview of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, a new Long-Term Support (LTS) distribution of OpenJDK that is open source and available for free for anyone to deploy anywhere. It includes binaries for Java 11, based on OpenJDK 11.0.10, on x64 server and desktop environments on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

AOT Compilation in HotSpot: Introduction

October 29, 2019 Oct 29, 2019 10/29/19
Ludovic Henry
Introduce the AOT Compiler that was introduced in Java 9 with the addition of the jaotc command-line utility. Explore some of the tradeoffs it needs to take, how the generated code fits in the Tiered Compilation pipeline, go through a simple example, and take a look at some alternatives (JIT at Startup, JIT caching, and Distributed JIT).

Open Sourcing the Java Debugger for Visual Studio Code

October 23, 2017 Oct 23, 2017 10/23/17
Xiaokai He
Since we first released our Java Debugger extension for Visual Studio Code on September 28, it quickly became the most trending extension of the month. And of course, lots of feedback and suggestions were submitted from our active developer community. You shared, we listened. In this quick follow up release, we’re open sourcing both our Java...