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Java Basics: History, Features, and Variables

Java was created by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1991. It is a simple, object-oriented, distributed, portable, high-performance, interpreted, robust, secure, and multithreaded language. Java code is compiled to bytecode that runs on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on any operating system.

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Java Basics: History, Features, and Variables

Java was created by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1991. It is a simple, object-oriented, distributed, portable, high-performance, interpreted, robust, secure, and multithreaded language. Java code is compiled to bytecode that runs on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on any operating system.

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Java Introduction

Jake R. Ersando
Java History
• created by James Gosling
• Green Team
• Green Project
• in 1991 (Sun Microsystems)
• initially called “Oak”
• in honor of the tree outside Gosling's window
Java Characteristic
• Simple
• Object-oriented
• Distributed
• Architecture Neural
• Portable
• High-performance
• Interpreted
• Robust
• Secure
• Multithreaded
• Dynamic
Simple Code Interpretation
Line 1-5, 8-11, 14-16
Multi line comment

Line 6
Package name;

Line 12
Class header

Line 17
Main Method

Line 18
Program Body
Java Variables
• A variable is an item of data used to store state of objects.

• A variable has a data type and a name. The data


Java Variables
Naming Convention:
• Variable names are case-sensitive.
• Subsequent characters may be letters, digits, dollar signs, or
underscore characters.
• If the name you choose consists of only one word, spell that word in
all lowercase letters.
Java Keywords
Java Primitive Data Types
• Logical – Boolean
• Textual – char
• Integral – byte, short, int & long
• Floating Point – float and double

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