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Introduction to java

Our core Java programming tutorial is designed for students and working
professionals. Java is an object-oriented, class-based, concurrent, secured and
general-purpose computer-programming language. It is a widely used robust
technology.

What is Java?

Java is a programming language and a platform. Java is a high level, robust,


object-oriented and secure programming language.

Java was developed by Sun Microsystems (which is now the subsidiary of Oracle)
in the year 1995. James Gosling is known as the father of Java. Before Java, its
name was Oak. Since Oak was already a registered company, so James Gosling
and his team changed the name from Oak to Java.

Platform: Any hardware or software environment in which a program runs, is


known as a platform. Since Java has a runtime environment (JRE) and API, it
is called a platform.

Java Example

Let's have a quick look at Java programming example. A detailed description of


Hello Java example is available in next page.
Simple.java

1. class Simple{
2. public static void main(String args[]){
3. System.out.println("Hello Java");
4. }
5. }
Test it Now

Application

According to Sun, 3 billion devices run Java. There are many devices where
Java is currently used. Some of them are as follows:

1. Desktop Applications such as acrobat reader, media player, antivirus, etc.


2. Web Applications such as irctc.co.in, javatpoint.com, etc.
3. Enterprise Applications such as banking applications.
4. Mobile
5. Embedded System
6. Smart Card
7. Robotics
8. Games, etc.

Types of Java Applications

There are mainly 4 types of applications that can be created using Java
programming:

1) Standalone Application

Standalone applications are also known as desktop applications or window-


based applications. These are traditional software that we need to install on
every machine. Examples of standalone application are Media player, antivirus,
etc. AWT and Swing are used in Java for creating standalone applications.

2) Web Application
An application that runs on the server side and creates a dynamic page is called
a web application. Currently, Servlet, JSP, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, etc.
technologies are used for creating web applications in Java.

3) Enterprise Application

An application that is distributed in nature, such as banking applications, etc. is


called an enterprise application. It has advantages like high-level security, load
balancing, and clustering. In Java, EJB is used for creating enterprise
applications.

4) Mobile Application

An application which is created for mobile devices is called a mobile application.


Currently, Android and Java ME are used for creating mobile applications.

Java Platforms / Editions

There are 4 platforms or editions of Java:

1) Java SE (Java Standard Edition)

It is a Java programming platform. It includes Java programming APIs such as


java.lang, java.io, java.net, java.util, java.sql, java.math etc. It includes core
topics like OOPs, String, Regex, Exception, Inner classes, Multithreading, I/O
Stream, Networking, AWT, Swing, Reflection, Collection, etc.

2) Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition)

It is an enterprise platform that is mainly used to develop web and enterprise


applications. It is built on top of the Java SE platform. It includes topics like
Servlet, JSP, Web Services, EJB, JPA, etc.

3) Java ME (Java Micro Edition)

It is a micro platform that is dedicated to mobile applications.

4) JavaFX

It is used to develop rich internet applications. It uses a lightweight user


interface API.
Prerequisite

To learn Java, you must have the basic knowledge of C/C++ programming
language.

Audience

Our Java programming tutorial is designed to help beginners and professionals.

Problem

We assure that you will not find any problem in this Java tutorial. However, if
there is any mistake, please post the problem in the contact form.

Do You Know?
o What is the difference between JRE and JVM?
o What is the purpose of JIT compiler?
o Can we save the java source file without any name?
o Why java uses the concept of Unicode system?

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