Learn how to use the modern Executors framework to do everything that you can do with the Threads API ... and more!

An 8-hours course on multi-threading - it cannot get more detailed than that! Learn all the concepts of Java's Executors API from scratch in combination with parallel concepts of the Threads API. Develop skills and deepen your knowledge of advanced multi-threading concepts by learning various tips & techniques and becoming aware of pitfalls when using Executors API. And ... refresh your advanced Threads-API concepts as well.

Do you know how to return values using the normal Threads API and its Runnables?
Do you know the various ways of terminating threads midway for both the APIs?
Do you know how to 'join threads' using Executors?
Do you know that you cannot catch stray exceptions leaked out from a thread by using try-catch block - neither in the Threads API nor in the Executors one? And that this can lead to third-party code killing your scalable, high-performance and high-availability enterprise application?
Do you know how to check if a task has finished execution using both the APIs?
Do you know what are daemon threads and how to create them using Executors?

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