Bytecode for the Curious (StudentDay)

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Shows what Java bytecode is, how to read the bytecode generated from Java classes, and what you can do with it. Covers tools for inspecting and working with bytecode and demonstrates generating bytecode using the ObjectWeb ASM library.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:00Why study bytecode
3. 2:24Java bytecode
4. 7:39Program execution model
5. 12:14Stack and local variables
6. 17:11Hello World example
7. 22:14Bytecode tools
8. 24:45Practical bytecode editing
9. 28:40ASM library
10. 33:17ASM usage example
11. 41:16Method instrumentation
12. 44:10Method body modification
13. 48:28Q&A

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