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Microsoft JFR Streaming Library for Java Flight Recorder

April 12, 2021 Apr 12, 2021 04/12/21
David Grieve
Today we are happy to share the first release of our JFR Streaming library. With this library, developers can easily manage Java Flight Recordings programmatically. It includes commonly expected features such as starting and stopping a flight recording on a local or remote JVM and reading the recorded file as an InputStream. Azure ...

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – March 2020

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
Xiaokai He
In this update, we will show you the performance improvements just released as well as currently under development. You will see Syntax Mode, the newly polished experience for standalone Java files. We'd also like to introduce you to the newly released SonarLint extension which helps you detect code quality and security issues on the fly.

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).

Java on Visual Studio Code June Update

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19
Xiaokai He
Welcome to the June update of Java on Visual Studio Code! Earlier this month, we shared our new Java Installer for Visual Studio Code, which aims to help new Java developers to get their environment ready and start coding in just a few clicks. In this update, we’d like to share a couple new features and enhancements delivered during last ...