5 things you didn't know about ... Java performance monitoring, Part 1
Blaming bad code (or bad code monkeys) won’t help you find performance bottlenecks and improve the speed of your Java™ applications, and neither will guessing. Ted Neward directs your attention to tools for Java performance monitoring, starting with five tips for using Java 5’s built-in profiler, JConsole, to collect and analyze performance data.
