In this Java threads primer, Cameron Laird hits some of the high (and low) points of threads as a concurrent programming technique.

Writing multithreaded applications in Java can trip up beginner and intermediate programmers alike. Before you tie yourself in a knot, learn how to sidestep these common threading mistakes.

Studying the Thread class is very helpful for understanding how threading works in Java programs. We can access the thread that is being executed by invoking the currentThread().getName() method ...

To implement threading in your applications, Java includes a a pre-built thread class that you can extend or you can build your own class and implement the Runnable interface.

Thread dump is a snapshot of all the threads that were executing at a moment in time. It shows the stack trace of each thread, the locks they have obtained, locks on which they are waiting, their ...