joshuago’s java Bookmarks

An in-depth walk-through of Java bytecodes.

Collection of Mac style widgets written in Java.

Some JVM switches to tweak performance or investigate runtime metrics.

The classpath is the connection between the Java runtime and the filesystem. It defines where the interpreter looks for .class files to load. The basic idea is that the filesystem hierarchy mirrors the Java package hierarchy, and the classpath specifies which directories in the filesystem serve as roots for the Java package hierarchy.