Free online courseJava Concurrency and Multithreading
Duration of the online course: 8 hours and 38 minutes
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Master Java Concurrency in this free online course. Learn threads, synchronization, ExecutorService, deadlocks, and more. Ideal for IT professionals and programmers.
In this free course, learn about
- Foundations of Java Concurrency
- Java Memory Model and Visibility
- Thread Safety Tools: Volatile, ThreadLocal and Caches
- Core Concurrency Concepts and Problems
- Locks and Executor Services
- Virtual Threads with Executor and Deadlocks
- Blocking Queues and Producer-Consumer Pattern
- Performance Issues and Thread Management Strategies
- Advanced Concurrency Utilities
Course Description
Delve into the world of Java Concurrency and Multithreading with this comprehensive free online course. Perfect for IT professionals and programming enthusiasts, this course provides an in-depth exploration of key concepts essential for mastering the complexities of Java programming. The course begins with an introduction to concurrency and multithreading, setting a strong foundation on which to build advanced skills.
Learn the intricacies of creating, starting, and stopping threads in Java, and explore the cutting-edge technology of Java Virtual Threads. Understanding memory management is crucial, and this course covers the basics of the Java Memory Model and the Happens Before Guarantee.
Gain insights into synchronization techniques using the synchronized keyword, and discover the nuances of volatile variables and CPU cache coherence. Through practical examples, you'll understand how to utilize ThreadLocal, manage race conditions, and discern the differences between concurrency and parallelism.
The course offers a deep dive into managing thread pools, exploring the functionality of Java Lock and ExecutorService, including implementations with virtual threads. You'll tackle deadlock scenarios and learn preventative measures, ensuring robust application performance.
Highlighting practical design paradigms, the course covers Java BlockingQueue and the Producer-Consumer pattern. Discover advanced techniques like compare and swap, false sharing, and single- or same-threaded designs. Additionally, you'll manage thread congestion and signaling efficiently.
Advanced topics such as ForkJoinPool and concurrent collections like ConcurrentMap and ConcurrentHashMap provide you with the skills to excel in complex programming tasks. Build a robust understanding of these essential concepts to enhance your development skills and deliver high-performance, concurrent Java applications.
Course content
- Video class: Java Concurrency and Multithreading - Introduction 14m
- Exercise: What is a primary advantage of multi-threading in modern computing?
- Video class: Java Threads - Creating, starting and stopping threads in Java 17m
- Exercise: Which method is recommended to define the code a thread should run in Java?
- Video class: Java Virtual Threads 09m
- Exercise: What is a primary advantage of virtual threads in Java over platform threads?
- Video class: The Java Memory Model - The Basics 23m
- Exercise: What is the main role of the heap in Java memory management with threads?
- Video class: Java Happens Before Guarantee - Java Memory Model - Part 2 26m
- Exercise: What role does the Java 'volatile' keyword play in multithreaded applications?
- Video class: Java Synchronized - The synchronized keyword in Java and Java synchronized blocks and methods 45m
- Exercise: What is the effect of a synchronized method in Java?
- Video class: Java Volatile 21m
- Exercise: What is the purpose of the 'volatile' keyword in Java?
- Video class: CPU Cache Coherence Java Concurrency 05m
- Exercise: What is Java's thread visibility guarantee related to volatile variables?
- Video class: Java ThreadLocal 14m
- Exercise: What value does a thread retrieve from a Java ThreadLocal instance it set earlier?
- Video class: Race Conditions in Java Multithreading 22m
- Exercise: What is a race condition in multithreading?
- Video class: Concurrency vs Parallelism 09m
- Exercise: What is the difference between concurrency and parallelism?
- Video class: Thread Pools in Java 18m
- Exercise: How does a thread pool manage task execution?
- Video class: Java Lock 28m
- Exercise: What is a key characteristic of the ReentrantLock class in Java?
- Video class: Java ExecutorService - Part 1 20m
- Exercise: What is the purpose of the invokeAny method in Java Executor Service?
- Video class: Java ExecutorService - Part 2 21m
- Video class: Java ExecutorService Using Virtual Threads 04m
- Exercise: What is a key benefit of using an Executor service with virtual threads in Java 19?
- Video class: Deadlock in Java 17m
- Exercise: What can lead to a deadlock in a multithreading environment?
- Video class: Deadlock Prevention in Java 17m
- Exercise: What is the simplest deadlock prevention technique discussed?
- Video class: Java BlockingQueue 17m
- Exercise: What is a key feature of a Java Blocking Queue?
- Video class: Producer Consumer Pattern - With Java Example 19m
- Exercise: What is an efficient way to utilize CPU resources in the producer-consumer pattern?
- Video class: Compare and Swap in Java 24m
- Exercise: What does the 'compare and swap' functionality do in a concurrent algorithm?
- Video class: False Sharing in Java 17m
- Exercise: What is False Sharing in Java?
- Video class: Single-threaded and Same-threaded designs 18m
- Exercise: What is the advantage of a single-threaded design in server architecture?
- Video class: Thread Congestion in Java 17m
- Exercise: How can thread congestion be alleviated in a Java concurrency setup?
- Video class: Thread Signaling in Java 23m
- Exercise: How does thread signaling work in Java?
- Video class: Java ForkJoinPool 27m
- Exercise: What is a key feature of Java Fork Join Pool?
- Video class: Java ConcurrentMap and ConcurrentHashMap 14m
- Exercise: Which Java map implementation offers the best concurrency?
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