Profiling Tools
As the complexity of our Java applications increases, the need to gain insights into how they use system resources such as CPU and memory becomes increasingly important and a critical aspect of ensuring our applications perform efficiently. This is where profiling tools come in; they can help us identify issues such as bottlenecks and memory leaks so that we can enhance our applications to improve the user experience and overall performance.
This chapter takes a deep dive into profiling and profiling tools. We will start with an introduction to profiling and its importance to our ability to fine-tune our applications for optimal performance. Categories of profiling tools and their uses are also covered to help give you a basic understanding, leading to a review of specific profiling tools.
We will cover Java profiling tools bundled with the Java Development Kit (JDK) and ones embedded in Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse...
