To get the most out of this book
This book assumes Java 8 or later. A particular operating system or IDE is not mandatory. If you plan to run the examples yourself, then VisualVM, the visual tool for monitoring Java applications in memory, would be useful.
If you currently have nothing installed on your system, the following setup will suffice:
- JDK 8 or later (Oracle’s JDK or OpenJDK)
- IntelliJ IDEA(community edition is good enough) or Eclipse
- VisualVM
Software/hardware covered in the book |
Operating system requirements |
Java 8+ |
Windows, macOS, or Linux |
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.