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Java Fundamentals

Java is a programming language and platform developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It is a high-level, robust, object-oriented and secure language that is widely used to develop desktop, web, enterprise and mobile applications.

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Java Fundamentals

Java is a programming language and platform developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It is a high-level, robust, object-oriented and secure language that is widely used to develop desktop, web, enterprise and mobile applications.

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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. }

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.

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