Introduction - Java

Java is a computer programming language which is used to develop desktop applications, mobile applications, web applications. It is high level language (a high level language is easier to read, write and maintain because it is much closer to human language)..

Java is a general purpose computer language that means It is broadly applicable across application domains. (It can be used for any general purpose).

Java Buzzwords or Features of Java

1. Simple

Java was designed to make it much easier to read and write. It has similar coding syntax as C or C++ has so It is much easier for C or C++ programmers to learn Java. C or C++ code has bugs related to memory allocations and de-allocations. Java added feature in JVM which provides automatic memory allocation and garbage collection..

2. Object oriented

Object oriented is a paradigm, It means the way or the pattern of codding. Almost everything is an object in Java The code resides in the Objects and Classes.

3. Distributed

Java is also designed for distributed systems (Systems on the network). It is used for creating network applications. Java objects can be accessed over the remote networks as we access at local systems.

4. Compiled and Interpreted

Most of the computer programming languages are either compiled or interpreted but Java uses the both approaches.

Compiled: Java compiles the source code into the intermediate code called bytecode and the bytecode is a cross platform program that means it is accessible
Interpreted: Intermediate code is interpreted

5. Robust

Java takes the responsibility of checking code both at compile time and runtime.

Java takes the responsibility of memory management problems with garbage collection.

Java gives the feature of exception handling, which catches all types of errors and exceptions.

6. Secure

Java provides security against viral infection or malicious intent.

An applet is a java small program which provides security.

7. Architecture neutral

Java Virtual Machine helps for achieving portability of program. Java program can be run anywhere it is portable. It is slogan of Java write once; run anywhere.

A java program is dependent on Virtual machine and Virtual machine is dependent on operating system, processors and system resources.

8. Portable

Java helps in generating portable executable code, which is known as bytecode. Bytecode is intermediate code for execution.

9. High performance

Java uses bytecode so the bytecode is easily translated into machine code because of bytecode It has high performance.

10. Multi-threaded

Java supports multi-threading, A thread is a lightweight process. One or more thread can be executed in a program concurrently.

11. Dynamic

Java is efficient of linking libraries and native methods (methods which are written in other languages) dynamically.

Java versions

JDK 1.0 on January 23, 1996
JDK 1.1 on February 19, 1997
J2SE 1.2 on December 8, 1998
J2SE 1.3 on May 8, 2000
J2SE 1.4 on February 6, 2002
J2SE 5.0 on September 30, 2004
Java SE 6 on December 11, 2006
Java SE 7 on July 28, 2011
Java SE 8 on March 18, 2014
Java SE 9 on September 2017
Java SE 10 on March 2018
Java SE 11 (LTS) on September 2018
Java SE 12 on March 2019

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