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Why Software Developers Choose Java

Java is a popular programming language for developers because it allows them to write programs once and run them on any platform, create web and mobile applications, and develop server-side programs. It was designed with goals of being simple, robust, portable, high-performance, and able to handle threads and dynamic programming. Java uses a virtual machine to execute bytecode and ensure platform independence and security. Proper coding standards are suggested to make Java code easier for others to understand and reduce debugging time.

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Why Software Developers Choose Java

Java is a popular programming language for developers because it allows them to write programs once and run them on any platform, create web and mobile applications, and develop server-side programs. It was designed with goals of being simple, robust, portable, high-performance, and able to handle threads and dynamic programming. Java uses a virtual machine to execute bytecode and ensure platform independence and security. Proper coding standards are suggested to make Java code easier for others to understand and reduce debugging time.

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Why Software Developers Choose Java:

Java with its versatilty, efficiency, and portability, Java has become invaluable to developers by enabling them to:

• Write software on one platform and run it on virtually any other platform

• Create programs to run within a Web browser and Web services

• Develop server-side applications for online forums, stores, polls, HTML forms processing, and more

• Combine applications or services using the Java language to create highly customized applications or services

• Write powerful and efficient applications for mobile phones, remote processors, low-cost consumer products, and practically any
other device with a digital heartbeat.

Goals in creation of Java:

There were five primary goals in the creation of the Java language

1. It should be "simple, object oriented".

2. It should be "robust and secure".

3. It should be "architecture neutral and portable".

4. It should execute with "high performance".

5. It should be "interpreted, threaded, and dynamic".

Architecture of Java:

Java's architecture arises out of four distinct but interrelated technologies:

• The Java programming language

• The Java class file format

• The Java Application Programming Interface

• The Java virtual machine

When you write and run a Java program, you are tapping the power of these four technologies. You express the program in source
files written in the Java programming language, compile the source to Java class files, and run the class files on a Java virtual
machine. When you write your program, you access system resources (such as I/O, for example) by calling methods in the classes
that implement the Java Application Programming Interface, or Java API. As your program runs, it fulfills your program's Java API
calls by invoking methods in class files that implement the Java API.

The Java Virtual Machine

At the heart of Java's network-orientation is the Java virtual machine, which supports all three prongs of Java's network-oriented
architecture: platform independence, security, and network-mobility.

A Java virtual machine's main job is to load class files and execute the bytecodes they contain. As you can see in Figure 1-3, the
Java virtual machine contains a class loader, which loads class files from both the program and the Java API. Only those class files
from the Java API that are actually needed by a running program are loaded into the virtual machine. The bytecodes are executed in
an execution engine.

Coding standard

Java suggests set of coding standard to follow while writing java program. Coding standard helps author as well as others to better
understand program. It reduce amount of debugging time considerably. Basically coding standard suggests how to name class,
methods variables of different scope, package etc.

Writing a Java program

In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source
files are then compiled into .class files by the javac compiler. A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it
instead contains bytecodes — the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine1 (Java VM). The java launcher tool then runs your
application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine

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