What is Java?

Java can be written only once and it is a run anywhere programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Being similar to C and C++, it has some features that are similar but Java is a lot easier. It is also Object-Oriented Programming Language that is based on the Object-Oriented Programming System (OOPS).

You might have noticed sometimes that when you open a website or an application, it demands Java to be installed, it is because some of the applications and website would not work until Java is installed.

It is fast, secure, and reliable. Also, Java is a Write once and Run Everywhere independent programming language!

Java has been very popular and has dominated the world since early 2000. You might remember studying Java in your Computer Classes when you were in school. Do you remember any of the information? Well, if you don't, we have got you covered! 

Before moving on, we will have a brief introduction about Java.

Features of Java –

(i)                  It is a platform-independent language.

(ii)                Rich library

(iii)               Easy to code

(iv)               Stand-alone application using Java

(v)                Automatic memory allocation

(vi)               Supports multithreading and concurrency

(vii)             Highly interactive and responsive language

(viii)           Secure and simple

(ix)               Portable

(x)                 Dynamic

(xi)               Robust

Java Applications –

(i)                  Banking – Transactional Management

(ii)                Retail – Billing applications

(iii)               Android - Applications

(iv)               Information technology -to solve implementation dependencies

(v)                Financial services – Server-side applications

(vi)               Stock market - Algorithms

(vii)             Big data – Hadoop MapReduce framework

(viii)           Scientific and research community- a huge amount of data

History of Java

It is a programming language developed by James Gosling with other members called the “Green Team” in 1995 for Sun Microsystems for devices like a set-top box, television, etc. later it was incorporated by Netscape. At first, java was named “Green talk” which has the file extension as .gt. It was then named Oak and was taken up as a part of the Green project.

Time magazine called Java as one of the best products of 1995.

Right now, Java is used for internet programming, mobile devices, games, e-business solutions, etc.

Components of Java

There are three main components of Java that include-

(i)                  JDK – Java Development Kit

(ii)                JVM – Java Virtual Machine

(iii)               JRE – Java Runtime Environment

Tools you will need for Java

(i)                  Pentium 200 MHz

(ii)                64MB of RAM

(iii)               Linux 7.1 or Windows XP/7/8

(iv)               Java JDK 8

(v)                Microsoft Notepad or any other text editor

Java Frameworks used

(i)                  Spring

(ii)                Hibernate

(iii)               Struts

(iv)               Google web toolkit

(v)                JavaServer faces

(vi)               Grails

(vii)             Vaadin

(viii)           Blade

(ix)               Dropwizard

(x)                 Play

Java Version

(i)                  JDK Alpha and Beta (1995)

(ii)                JDK 1.0 (1996)

(iii)               JDK 1.1 (1997)

(iv)               J2SE 1.2 (1998)

(v)                J2SE 1.3 (2000)

(vi)               J2SE 1.4 (2002)

(vii)             J2SE 5.0 (2004)

(viii)           Java SE 6 (2006)

(ix)               Java SE 7 (2011)

(x)                 Java SE 8 (2014 )

(xi)               Java SE 9 (2017)

(xii)             Java SE 10 (2018)

With this, we come to an end with this blog.

We hope that this will help you in knowing the Java programming language better. Every programming language is different and you need to have good research on each one of them to know which programming language you can work on.

Also, Java is one of the most popular and in-demand Programming languages and for a fresher in Java developing can get a roughly around 2.50lakhs/year and an experienced Java Developer can get 4.50lakhs/year. It is a job that is always in demand and big companies are ready to pay big amounts to developers.

All the Best!

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