The Java Virtual Machine ensures that your Java applications have access to the minimum resources they need to run. It is thanks to the JVM that Java code is so easily run across platforms.

In this Java performance tuning guide, learn how to put together an application performance manifesto and how to investigate shared resources that might cause a Java performance problem.

In this article, you’ll learn about basic language features and library types. In my next article, we’ll discuss Java’s more advanced exception handling capabilities.