Understanding JVM Bytecode, JIT Compilation, and Garbage Collection
The article explains how the JVM executes Java bytecode, detailing bytecode structure, lambda compilation, JIT tiers and optimizations such as inlining and escape analysis, describes runtime memory areas and generational garbage collectors—including G1, ZGC, and Shenandoah—and offers key tuning flags for balancing throughput, latency, and heap size.
