In last week's blog, we discussed the basics of creating a JMH project and getting it to run. We also proposed a small benchmark and showed what the implementation would look like. Today, we'll be looking into how to configure JMH, how it works, and why certain parameters are necessary. (Be sure to...

You have an application running. It's doing pretty well, except for the fact that it's somewhat slow. You have identified the bottleneck, and now you're trying to come up with the ideal solution. There are a myriad of mechanisms you could try, but you don't want to deploy each one of your attempts...

(The following article is property of Avenue Code, LLC, and was originally published with permission at TotalRetail on August 28, 2018.) 

Heather Craig, head of retail experience atthredUP, talks with us about the rapid growth the consignment shop is achieving by building on a unique business...

In our last article, we talked about Prototype Inheritance in Javascript. Today, we’ll take a look at the different ways to create objects in JavaScript and the resulting prototype chain for each method.

JavaScript uses a prototypal inheritance model, and this can be a little confusing for developers coming from class-based languages such as Java or C++. Prototype inheritance is simple but yet a powerful model. In this post, we are going to talk a little bit about it and how it is built in JS. If...

You have probably heard of terms like “V8,” “event loop,” “call stack,” and “callback queue.” In this post, we are going to examine what these terms mean, how they relate to one another, and, more generally, how JavaScript works. Javascript is a powerful language that has stood the test of time and...

(The following article is property of Avenue Code, LLC, and was originally published with permission at TotalRetail on August 21, 2018.) 

Aaron Zagha is the head of e-commerce, international atTeleflora, an online floral retailer. In this interview, Zagha shares his unique perspective on the...