Java and the Cloud : How JVMs are changing their game
This talk provides an overview and a state of the nation for JVM directions from a Cloud perspective
Experience level:
Beginner
This talk provides an overview and a state of the nation for JVM directions from a Cloud perspective
Programs involving communication over a network are the best examples of asynchronicity. Once a request is sent over a network, waiting for the response by blocking is bad design. Instead, programs must be able to execute other code fragments during this wait period. This design is particularly essential in web-servers. How can we achieve this? Non-blocking IO is the answer.