Java is a computing platform and programming language first released in 1995 by Sun Microsystems that is used widely for applications and websites. It is popular because it is free, open source, and can run on any machine with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Originally only Java code could run on the JVM, but now other languages like Scala, Groovy, jRuby and Jython can also run on the Java platform. Java is a general purpose, object oriented programming language similar to C++ and C#.
3. Introduction:
What Is Java?
Java is a computing platform and a programming language that was first released
in the year 1995 by Sun Microsystems. Currently, there are a lot of applications and
websites that won’t work without Java.
4. This language is used in almost every domain,
including finance, healthcare and logistics etc. Two
reasons why Java is so popular are;
?It’s free
?It’s an open source programming language
5. Java is also a platform, which means that
Java code can run on any machine that has a
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) on it. Originally
those two things were interchangeable, and
the only thing that ran on the JVM was Java.
6. But since that time, a number of languages
have been written which can run on the Java
platform, languages like Scala, Groovy, an
implementation of Ruby called jRuby, and an
implementation of Python called Jython.
7. Java is a general purpose programming
language, much like Python or JavaScript.
The language itself is specifically an object
oriented programming language, so bears
similarities to C++, C#.