Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on foojay.io - Friends of OpenJDKhttps://foojayio.github.io/website/today/author/mohibul-chowdhury/Articles written by Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on foojay.io - Friends of OpenJDKHugoen-usTue, 19 Nov 2024 15:57:59 +0000Hot Class Reload in Java: A Webpack HMR-Like Experiencehttps://foojayio.github.io/website/today/hot-class-reload-in-java-a-webpack-hmr-like-experience-for-java-developers/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:57:59 +0000https://foojayio.github.io/website/today/hot-class-reload-in-java-a-webpack-hmr-like-experience-for-java-developers/<p><strong>In the world of software development, time is everything. Every developer knows the frustration of waiting for a full application restart just to see a small change take effect.</strong></p> <p>Java developers, in particular, have long dealt with this issue. But what if you didn&rsquo;t have to stop and restart every time you updated a class? Enter <strong>Hot Class Reload (HCR)</strong> in Java&mdash;a technique that can keep you in the flow, reloading classes on the fly, much like <strong>Hot Module Reload (HMR)</strong> does in JavaScript.</p>