Basic introduction of java

java Programming language

java is programming language and a platform. Java is a high level, robust,secured and object - oriented programming language.

What is platform?

Any hardware or software environment in which a program runs, is known as  a platform. Since java has it own run-time environment  (J.R.E.) and  A.P.I., its is called platform

Types of  Java Application!

There are mainly 4 types of application that can be created using java programming.

1. Standalone Application :- Its is also known as desktop application or window based application. An application that we need to install on every machine such as media player, antivirus etc. AWT  and swing are using in java for creating standalone application.

2. Web Application  :- An application that runs on the server side and creating dynamics page, is called web application,currently, servlet , jsp ,struts etc. Technology are used for creating web application in java 

3. Enterprise Application  :- An application that is distributed in nature such as banking application etc. It has the advantage of high level security, load balancing and clustering. In java , EJB is used for creating enterprise applications.
4. Mobile Application  :- An application that is create for mobile devices.Currently android and java ME   are used for creating mobile application.

• Features of Java

1. Object-Oriented
2. Simple
3. Secured
4. Platform Independent
5. Robust
6. Portable
7. Architecture Neutral 
8. Dynamic
9. Interpreted
10. High performance
11. Multi threaded
12. Distributed