--- title: Troubleshooting Java | daily.dev description: A review of the second edition of "Troubleshooting Java" by Laurentiu Spilca, covering debugging techniques, profiling with VisualVM, memory management, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/troubleshooting-java-5kdxgphjh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Troubleshooting Java | daily.dev og:description: A review of the second edition of "Troubleshooting Java" by Laurentiu Spilca, covering debugging techniques, profiling with VisualVM, memory management, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/troubleshooting-java-5kdxgphjh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5KdxGphjH.png og:image:alt: Troubleshooting Java og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Troubleshooting Java **[Vlad Mihalcea](https://daily.dev/sources/vladmihalcea)** · 3 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A review of the second edition of "Troubleshooting Java" by Laurentiu Spilca, covering debugging techniques, profiling with VisualVM, memory management, and distributed systems troubleshooting. The book spans 388 pages across 13 chapters, teaching developers how to use IDE debuggers effectively, profile applications, handle deadlocks, analyze heap dumps and GC logs, and prevent cascading failures in distributed systems. Includes detailed annexes on Java Memory Model, thread lifecycle, synchronization, and common threading issues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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