Overview of Java

This course is an introduction to Java programming for beginners. Participants will learn Core Java, object-oriented programming and basic application development.

Java is a general-purpose, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation.

Java is a most popular platform that is utilized for Android development, web development, artificial intelligence, cloud applications, and much more. So, mastering this gives you great opportunities in bigger organizations.

Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1995, and is now one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It is used for a wide variety of applications, including:

• Mobile applications (especially Android apps)

• Desktop applications

• Web applications

• Web servers and application servers

• Games

• Database connection

• And much, much more!

Here are some of the advantages of Java programming:

• It is platform-independent: Java code can run on any platform that has a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

• It is object-oriented: Java programs are organized into objects, which makes them easy to maintain and reuse.

• It is secure: Java has built-in security features that help to protect against malicious code.

• It is portable: Java programs can be easily moved from one platform to another.

• It is scalable: Java programs can be scaled up to handle large amounts of data.

• It is robust: Java programs are designed to be fault-tolerant and to recover from errors.