Sun Microsystems has unveiled a new GUI-based tool for visualizing data sources and troubleshooting Java applications. Java VisualVM 1.0 launched Tuesday as part of JavaSE 6 Update 7. VisualVM is a ...

The Birds of a Feather session “Monitoring and Troubleshooting Java Platform Applications with JDK Software” was led by Mandy Chung and Tomas Hurka. Each of these Sun employees possesses the ...

Although jstack (Java Stack Trace) is a useful tool for learning more about a how a Java thread is behaving, VisualVM is an even easier method for obtaining the same type of information. It is easy to ...