An introduction to profiling tools

Profiling tools play a critical role in performance tuning and proactive application enhancements to support high-performance Java applications.

Profiling

Profiling is the process of analyzing software at runtime with the goal of identifying performance issues, including bottlenecks, resource use, and optimization opportunities.

Once we build and test our software, it moves into production. This is where profiling occurs, during runtime. Using profiling tools, we can gain detailed insights into the runtime behavior of our applications. The goal is to have efficient code and our systems to perform optimally, including low latency, high reliability, and high availability. It is not enough for our applications to perform accurately; they also need to perform efficiently. The use of profiling tools allows us to pinpoint performance issues so we can further optimize our code.

The importance of profiling in performance tuning

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