Understanding Java Garbage Collectors
Thankfully, Java garbage collectors have come a long way in the last 25 years. While the latest GCs: G1 and ZGC usually just work, their inner workings can be harder to understand the GCs that came before.
In this presentation, you'll learn basic garbage collection strategies used by the JVM starting with older collectors and following through the evolution to the modern GCs that we enjoy today.
About Douglas Hawkins
Douglas Hawkins has been passionately developing software for the past 20 years.
Throughout Doug's career, he has focused on creating performance intensive applications
in Java ranging from bioinformatics to financial exchanges.
After 10 years as a Java developer, Doug transitioned to working on Azul's Java Virtual Machine.
Today, Doug continues his interest in building performance tools for developers as the
Lead Developer of Datadog's Java Application Performance Monitoring.
While Doug's passion for developing software remains, his true passion is in sharing his
interest in low-level details and JVM performance with others.