BellSoft’s 2020 in numbers
Many would agree that 2020 was a challenging year for the global communities. We at BellSoft welcome the challenge; it’s our second nature! It turns out, last year was a big one for us. Compared...
BellSoft releases Liberica Native Image Kit
Liberica Native Image Kit (Liberica NIK) is a utility that converts your JVM-based application into a fully AOT compiled native executable under the closed-world assumption with an almost instant startup time. It is based on...
TeXnical Writing Part 3: Syntax
Welcome to the third part of developing a Liberica JDK-based application for real-time conversion of mathematical formulas from Markdown to HTML. In the previous part we developed a plain Markdown editor and preview panel; in...
JDK Flight Recorder, The Programmatic Way
JDK Flight Recorder (JFR) is a powerful diagnostic tool built into OpenJDK. In previous posts, I was focusing on using JFR together with JDK Mission Control, a visual front end. Besides out of box integration...
Liberica 8u282, 11.0.10, and 15.0.2 are here
Liberica JDK now runs natively on M1-powered Apple products. This feature applies to both LTS's (8, 11) and the current Liberica JDK 15. Given that in July 2020 we added AArch64 support for LibericaFX to...
Secrets behind tiny Docker containers for Java microservices
In view of the upcoming Liberica JDK release, we want to lift the curtain just a bit and talk about what makes BellSoft images so small.
