JVM Under the Hood: How Java Code Translates to Bytecode

Alexander Obregon
10 min readDec 19, 2023
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Introduction

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a cornerstone of Java’s platform-independent capabilities. Understanding how Java code gets transformed into bytecode and executed by the JVM is essential for every Java developer. This post delves into this process, shedding light on the compilation, bytecode generation, and the execution mechanism within the…

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