--[[java performance]] by Scott Oaks
best of breed..see chapter details on
[jvm] heap memory
[jvm] threading
[jvm] instrumentation
JPA
serialization
lambda, stream (java 8 interviews!)
The Introduction chapter outlines 3 broad aspects
* JVM – like memory tuning
* java language – like threading, collections
* Java API -- like xml parser, JDBC, serialization, Json...
JVM tuning is done by "system engineers" who may not be developers.
