CH-1] Introduction to JAVA

A] History of JAVA

1. It was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1991.


2. In 1991, a small group of Sun engineers called the "Green Team" developed java. Led by James Gosling, the team worked around the clock and created the programming language that revolutionizes our world .


3. In 1995, the Netscape Navigator internet browser incorporate java technology


4. Presently java is everywhere [:)]

B] Introduction

1. Java is an Object-oriented programming language.


2. It has also become widely used programming language for the internet


3. Java language is used to develop following types of Applications:
   a] Standalone Applications:It includes programs that run on your computer.They generally run on console.
   b] Applets:An applet is a java program which is designed to travel over the internet and to be executed on the client machine by a java-compatible web browser like internet explorer or Netscape
   c] Web Applications:These applications run on the web server(Example:Java Servlets,JSP)
   d] Distributed Applications:Java applications can be divided into number of modules/components which can run on different machines

Important features of JAVA are:

1. Simple and familiar


2. Secure


3. Platform independent and portable


4. Object-Oriented


5. Memory Management and garbage collection


6. Multi-threaded


7. Robust


8. Distributed


9. Dynamic