Java's Garbage Collection Explained - How It Saves your Lazy Programmer Butt

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  • @Phoenix-od2bp
    @Phoenix-od2bp ปีที่แล้ว +60

    ⁠Hi John, loving your videos. I am a senior Java Developer too and your explanations help me reaffirm my understanding and most of the time declutter my misunderstanding.
    You are excellent at what you do. Request you to consider a course on Design Patterns. Ty!

    • @thirdstreetnorth
      @thirdstreetnorth ปีที่แล้ว +7

      umm I would gladly PAY for design patter course from John with concrete, commercial examples (instead of cats and dogs in that case) 😅

  • @dr.sweetlove1349
    @dr.sweetlove1349 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Your ability to effectively simplify complex topics with the exact right amount of information is impressive. Thank you for sharing your insight!

  • @iparadoxg
    @iparadoxg ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Besides the excellent coding tutorial, I come here to John's uplifting presence and his joyful smile.❤

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks! I'm always nervous I might be a bit too silly with stuff like this video has, but putting it in makes me happy. So I hope others enjoy it as well.

    • @BravePro
      @BravePro ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CodingWithJohn The vids are explained in a very ez and understanding manner. It's just your style. Silly or not some people will like it, others won't. Don't worry about people's opinions. Love the vids!

  • @raulnunez7580
    @raulnunez7580 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The only thing better than this explanation was the video's intro. Great work as always man! I'm a fan! Greetings from Mexico!

  • @JB-gv7pt
    @JB-gv7pt ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, John. I'm still in school and constantly feel like I know nothing, but watching your videos and genuinely learning something makes me feel slightly better lol. Thank you for what you do.

    • @gagangowda9928
      @gagangowda9928 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      tbh you'll always feel like you know nothing in cs, imposter syndrome is real.

    • @JB-gv7pt
      @JB-gv7pt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gagangowda9928 I'm feeling that more and more lol.

  • @rasnesakam
    @rasnesakam ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had some questions about garbage collection and multithreading for java in an interview. This video opened my mind about java. I was thinking like, Oh, i know java. But there is much to learn i guess. Thanks a lot!

    • @PursuedByAMemory
      @PursuedByAMemory 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just had the same experience, I felt embarrased in that interview.

  • @i_1nsaan
    @i_1nsaan ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Make a video on how to optimize java code's performance!

    • @guinea_horn
      @guinea_horn ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is such a generic request, "optimizing Java code" is far too broad of a subject to address

    • @i_1nsaan
      @i_1nsaan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@guinea_horn if you can direct me to some resources it would be helpful.

    • @ericpenrose3649
      @ericpenrose3649 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you want a broad strategy on how to generally write more performant code in Java, that can be summed up into a single sentence: "Use Javas built-in tools as much as possible, and make sure you research that its intended use matches what you're doing with it". The problem with a question so broad is that every instance of 'optimizing performance' is a unique type of problem and would require just as many videos. If you look at Johns catalogue you will find many videos that touch on individual problems and the considerations when optimizing them. But he doesn't have infinite videos.
      Say you're trying to optimize a custom sort on an array of json objects, are you trying to optimize for execution speed or memory management? Both are different types of performance. Both will have different considerations and may be done entirely differently. Optimizing a custom sort of a different type of object might also have its own set of approaches for either speed or memory. But back to my first point, if there is a built-in Java object type or method meant to do the thing you are trying to do, it is a more mature solution than your custom sorter would be. It will likely be reasonably efficient with both speed and memory, and will catch more edge-cases and have more informative errors for them than a custom solution.

    • @i_1nsaan
      @i_1nsaan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericpenrose3649 Thanks man!

    • @dubble
      @dubble ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't use Java for performance critical code. Outside of that, it's about the same as for every other managed language: make use of the library and write simple code. Performance is generally good enough and it prevents you from shooting yourself in the foot. If that's not good enough, really, don't use the JVM.

  • @denniskaranja6578
    @denniskaranja6578 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kindly do dynamic programming , you make the complicated so simple .much love from Kenya

  • @michael_scarn_
    @michael_scarn_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John, you're amazing! Was just reading an article on GC and I was really confused, I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you!!!

  • @yte6598
    @yte6598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I often heard garbage collection but hadn't understood it's mechanism at all. It doesn't affect my Java coding much to learn fundamental concept, But I think it will help me code properly. Your videos very easy and helpful to understand fundamental concept about programming for beginner. many thanks!

    • @artofcomputing-art
      @artofcomputing-art ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just recommended this video about Java Garbage Collection, and I don't even use Java, but let me give you some advice: Learn the fundamentals, they may not make much sense for you now, but boy they will save your ass down the line

  • @samuelnilsson5505
    @samuelnilsson5505 ปีที่แล้ว

    No bs, straight to the point showing us how its done.

  • @Lykkos-321
    @Lykkos-321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are always a must for me

  • @zxtqwwr0
    @zxtqwwr0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great tutorial John, thank you for the video ! Please keep up with such more complex concepts, you are a great teacher.

  • @TheXxEvolution
    @TheXxEvolution ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see you back, pal! Never thought about GC as you said, but this was a really good understandable explanation of getting into it

  • @Metorrite
    @Metorrite 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John, love your content, i'm primarily self taught and want to turn this into a career after my current obligations. I had some ideas i'd love to see from you, one being for people like myself, of which there are many, is a video detailing many of things that get overlooked when self taught, for example, how array lists and linked list differ performance wise (This isn't the best example but hopefully you get the idea), there are lots of things overlooked when getting from point A to point B being self taught and it could be really useful. A more simple idea i would love to see is a video teaching use about bitwise operators and how they are used and work, or maybe a video talking more about bigger picture things like using version control with git and team environments, love the content, keep it up!!!

  • @alex0917lfo
    @alex0917lfo ปีที่แล้ว

    I am being studying and work with Java very long time , but Only John's video I love the most! Nice video as always. Is that possiable you can talk about Comparator ?

  • @MelloCello7
    @MelloCello7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I really wish you taught other languages (like C), your explanations are some of the clearest I've ever found on the net!

  • @misaonthefly
    @misaonthefly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really appreciate your effort with these videos

  • @nafeezahid214
    @nafeezahid214 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi John, really love the video.

  • @sianke1991
    @sianke1991 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see you again.

  • @abdelmoneimelshafei6570
    @abdelmoneimelshafei6570 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're the best java teacher i never have
    thank you very much, very helpful video

  • @sercascade
    @sercascade 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i despise java but your channel is still very very helpful, thank you :)

  • @LukasOwen
    @LukasOwen ปีที่แล้ว

    a part of gc that i find interesting is WeakReference and SoftReference, which indicate to the gc that although this object is referenced it can still be collected now or whenever you really need to free the space

  • @aminesafi7261
    @aminesafi7261 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, complex topics require simple explanation, keep going :)

  • @ritikdwivedi5983
    @ritikdwivedi5983 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well in the last John is just mimicking the java garbage collector when he sees any new object without any reference

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GET IT

    • @ivalar8891
      @ivalar8891 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CodingWithJohn Please, don't remove me from OldGen club, I still have a lot of references.

  • @aldoumene6201
    @aldoumene6201 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello John :) can you please make a video about spring boot? It’s so useful but so confusing still for me :/

  • @Hiphophamer
    @Hiphophamer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love those first 2 seconds 😂 ❤

  • @tipeon
    @tipeon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once upon a time, I had some colleagues who believed that setting a variable to null somehow "helped" the garbage collector. It was difficult to convince them that it was all superstition, and that no, it wasn't doing anything.
    Sometimes, the smartest minds are also the dumbest.

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Usually it's not necessary if the variable is scoped correctly, but it can technically do something!

  • @levon9
    @levon9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done - thanks for sharing.

  • @user-0987-a
    @user-0987-a ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you John, I was looking for a content regarding GC. I owe you a coffee.

  • @justmastiii4966
    @justmastiii4966 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really a very helpful video and the way of explanation is awesome ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @muhammedbeyhanus5416
    @muhammedbeyhanus5416 ปีที่แล้ว

    bonus part is awesome :D

  • @fil-v1
    @fil-v1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:33 Where's the other video?

  • @MissPiggyM976
    @MissPiggyM976 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please, more on better memory management!

  • @melzasmaldoran855
    @melzasmaldoran855 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey John! I would love to see a video about Ressource bundle :)

  • @rileygriffith2055
    @rileygriffith2055 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this video.

  • @mrchaherbahri1944
    @mrchaherbahri1944 ปีที่แล้ว

    we need a tutorial about tokners and input/output data please mighty John we rely on you

  • @gerdsfargen6687
    @gerdsfargen6687 ปีที่แล้ว

    John's back!! 😃

  • @IvanHunglin
    @IvanHunglin 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When GC recalls memory, does it need to make sure it's not dirty (written before)? I'm confused by GC and demand page management in virtual memory. thanks!

  • @andrelong7230
    @andrelong7230 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Jhon, I like the way you explain things. Do you know how to explain microservices in java?

  • @mhd71313
    @mhd71313 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love for your videos. where are you? we miss you!. can you make a video about stream and how to use it to filter or map ? thank you

  • @publicstaticvoid1010
    @publicstaticvoid1010 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, your explanation is awesome, genuinely never understood what garbage collection is. Idk even know what "in memory" really means and where that memory is💀
    Is there a way to see all these garbage collection processes in real time whilst programming?

    • @itzdm0r3
      @itzdm0r3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "In memory" meaning data stored in a computers RAM and sometimes ROM. When computers run out of memory it creates an overflow exception.

    • @publicstaticvoid1010
      @publicstaticvoid1010 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itzdm0r3 cool, I'll check that further out

  • @hrabei8745
    @hrabei8745 ปีที่แล้ว

    many thanks for your tutorial clips, but as a beginner I don't know what is the first and what is the last clip, I mean it is better you put a number for each clip so everyone can watch them in order

  • @shlomoprayev9391
    @shlomoprayev9391 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ideas for new chapters: Future class, jars compilation, working with configurations, Spring

  • @lliaams
    @lliaams ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video ❤

  • @gopalkannan4934
    @gopalkannan4934 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy New year 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @fahadassiry224
    @fahadassiry224 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    plz answer me. i just finished java course with oop and data structures and when i go back to old subjects i feel that i forget it and i learn it again to memories it so plz tell what should i do. spend time on leetcode or learn spring boot and build projects because i want to be java backend developer

  • @shingotennichishingotennic2767
    @shingotennichishingotennic2767 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi John, do you have videos about jar, war and ear files?

  • @elizabeth00653
    @elizabeth00653 ปีที่แล้ว

    John more leetcode explanations please!

  • @DeltaXML_Ltd
    @DeltaXML_Ltd ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 😁

  • @Kxliderr
    @Kxliderr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does your java course go over recursive methods? Thanks

  • @anushakandagal1727
    @anushakandagal1727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    simple and clean !!

  • @Roe124
    @Roe124 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi John. I love your vids. I even subscribed to your course which has helped me immensely. I have a request.. Can you maybe do videos on JavaFX too? Thank you so much ! Meow!

  • @Soumyajit_619
    @Soumyajit_619 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you start a playlist on Spring/ Spring Boot... Our guest lecturer is running on a jet RN and ofcourse we can't catch up 🙃

  • @nvdice
    @nvdice ปีที่แล้ว

    Would you be able to create videos for other framework GCs as well. For example node.js

  • @nischalofchrist
    @nischalofchrist ปีที่แล้ว

    Heyyyy,look who's back

  • @derechtepilz
    @derechtepilz ปีที่แล้ว

    So if I just created an object but never assigned that object to a variable, that means to a reference in memory, that object would get garbage collected basically immediately?

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep, it would at least be eligible! If your whole line of code was just:
      new Cat();
      It's immediately unreachable. It wouldn't necessarily go away immediately because GC works in batches, but in the next round of collection it would definitely be gone.

  • @maheshmadathil
    @maheshmadathil ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks John for the wonderful explanation. Cud u pls talk about System.gc() and finalize() methods as well in the next part?

  • @xBradRame
    @xBradRame ปีที่แล้ว

    John my man gonna get me out of poverty 🙏

  • @mostafasaleh2806
    @mostafasaleh2806 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you recommend books for java developers

  • @maheshkandula1119
    @maheshkandula1119 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video! Could you create another one focusing on RestTemplate and WebClient? I'm aware RestTemplate is being phased out, but could you explain the reasons behind it?

  • @elhombredesangrenegra3438
    @elhombredesangrenegra3438 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a way to free up the space manually if I know that the object wont be used anymore?

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว

      You can suggest that the garbage collector run by calling System.gc();, but this doesn't guarantee it will actually do it. I've never had to do this in my entire career, I've always been able to rely on the garbage collector to do its job without any management.

  • @chaloseekhein_xo
    @chaloseekhein_xo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    During this process when finilize method is called ?

  • @itzdm0r3
    @itzdm0r3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In older languages you had to do memory management manually. These high level languages are great imo. 😂

  • @Arc618
    @Arc618 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The biggest reason I lean on Java/C# over C++ lol

  • @mohamohai9840
    @mohamohai9840 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks mate. By the way, how is your junior dev going? 😊

  • @HasanboyKarimjonov
    @HasanboyKarimjonov 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Also my dumb brain got it. thank you so much

  • @sergiooliva2517
    @sergiooliva2517 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol I loved the title of this video

  • @jamesngige8560
    @jamesngige8560 ปีที่แล้ว

    We want bald John back! We want bald John back! We want bald John back! We want bald John back!!!!
    Great content as always.

  • @paganimarker1898
    @paganimarker1898 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make video about SLL and DLL

  • @dannyalvarez4533
    @dannyalvarez4533 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do an example of this topic please.

  • @dylanngo4454
    @dylanngo4454 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank bro, Keep make new videos

  • @wellingtondefassio4435
    @wellingtondefassio4435 ปีที่แล้ว

    that is amazing content :)

  • @czpj9kehusrfcdrive
    @czpj9kehusrfcdrive 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @macculu501
    @macculu501 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are those ridiculously complicated Garbage Collection details covered in your complete Java course?

    • @CodingWithJohn
      @CodingWithJohn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Not at the moment, the course is more geared toward beginners. All lessons that are included are shown on the course page so anyone can make sure it's what they're looking for before moving forward.

    • @macculu501
      @macculu501 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CodingWithJohn Understood, thanks John

    • @7thSalomo
      @7thSalomo ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey John! Great course! i was wondering if you are planing on making a more advance course aswell, like a part 2 after you finish the beginner friendly one? @@CodingWithJohn cheers!

  • @personalaccount1515
    @personalaccount1515 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greetings dude ✌️

  • @19891214ful
    @19891214ful ปีที่แล้ว

    So, the JGC is essentially the Davy Jones. Collecting lost souls.

  • @MJ-cf9nl
    @MJ-cf9nl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video could've been alot more complete if it included a short explanation of how does the GC figure out that an object is not referenced anymore.

  • @IZRAEL_ISRAEL
    @IZRAEL_ISRAEL ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello John, hello everyone; please I’m a computer science student who really wants to go into programming but I’ve still not figure out what aspect to go into; is Java a good place to start, can we create software with java? Pls I need y’all contributions and advice
    Thank you
    Btw, I wish to be a software engineer

    • @Soumyajit_619
      @Soumyajit_619 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes Java is a very good language, but you should always start your programming journey with C as it builds basic programming logic

  • @Pherecydes
    @Pherecydes ปีที่แล้ว

    Why not just delete stuff as soon as it goes out of scope? I don't understand the need for the extra complexity.

  • @AnmolSingh-v9p
    @AnmolSingh-v9p ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That jumpscare :{_-_-_

  • @ОлегИванов-я6е8й
    @ОлегИванов-я6е8й ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny ending 😂

  • @livingzombie553
    @livingzombie553 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    enjoyed laerning

  • @Arfifias
    @Arfifias ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex lee is another youtuber who taught me many things and bro code as well but I cannot see the stupid front end languages surge on the market why is that????

  • @RussellSubedi
    @RussellSubedi ปีที่แล้ว

    So we're not dissing on Java's Collection framework then?

  • @Raulaar
    @Raulaar ปีที่แล้ว

    John you legend, when will you finally go for President?

  • @qwertyuiop-cu2ve
    @qwertyuiop-cu2ve ปีที่แล้ว

    Devil's advocate here: If we still have to set `ptr = null;` to make it (eventually) free the memory, from the programmer's perspective how is that anyhing more convenient than writing `free(ptr);` or `delete ptr;` as we do in C/C++ ? What problem does it solve? How is this anything different from manual memory management, except for introducing more runtime overhead?

    • @ramirez6127
      @ramirez6127 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the main reason is that programmers don't want to write those lines of code.

  • @dipsrocx4028
    @dipsrocx4028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    backgroud more like - I am a lead guitarist.

  • @RajasthaniINAmerica
    @RajasthaniINAmerica ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍

  • @lidiaz0
    @lidiaz0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely

  • @OnurGirginn
    @OnurGirginn ปีที่แล้ว

    üstad nasıl... anlat bize de bu işin sırrı ne ?

  • @OnurGirginn
    @OnurGirginn ปีที่แล้ว

    what is your secret ?

  • @Arfifias
    @Arfifias ปีที่แล้ว

    My friend John why don't you make a video to discuss the racism that Back End Developers receive from the the stupid Front Ends because many like me are declined day by day.
    I have been declined as well but I don't care about that because to make ends meet I started youtube but anyways Front End dev's thinking is annoying from personal XP

  • @djaccount5458
    @djaccount5458 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brr I hate Java brrr.. but i love JavaScript.

  • @wellingtonaraujo5418
    @wellingtonaraujo5418 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have group on discord ?