Hai, in this article I get to introduce Java a programing language and this introduction is intended for would be java programmers. Its fine to go through it even if you are that experienced java programmer. 😁😁😜
So this article will cover the following:
Brief history of java. ✔️
Some of the best applications of Java in 2020 and beyond.✔️
So what is Java❓
Java is a class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is a general-purpose programming language intended to let application developers write once, run anywhere i.e on Linux, MacOs and Windows platforms.🤔🤔
🤓Meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation.
👉👉Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of the underlying computer architecture. 👉👉The syntax of Java is similar to C and C++, but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them. As of 2019, Java was one of the most popular programming languages in use according to GitHub, particularly for client-server web applications, with a reported 9 million developers.😍😍
Java was originally developed by James Gosling 💪 🙏
at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform.(Microsystems has since been acquired by Oracle).
👉👉 The original and reference implementation Java compilers, virtual machines, and class libraries were originally released by Sun under proprietary licenses. As of May 2007, in compliance with the specifications of the Java Community Process, Sun had relicensed most of its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License. Meanwhile, others have developed alternative implementations of these Sun technologies, such as the GNU Compiler for Java (bytecode compiler), GNU Classpath (standard libraries), and IcedTea-Web (browser plugin for applets).
Uses of Java
This language connects applications to data, data to people, and people to their digital lifestyle and is used by more than 12 million programmers worldwide.😍😍
Mobile Applications
Java is considered as the official programming language for mobile app development. It is compatible with software such as Android Studio and Kotlin. Now you must be wondering why only Java? The reason is that it can run on Java Virtual Machine(JVM), whereas Android uses DVK(Dalvik Virtual Machine) to execute class files. These files are further bundled as Android application Package(APK). With Java and its OOPs principles, it provides better security and ease of simplicity with Android.
Desktop GUI Applications
All desktop applications can easily be developed in Java. Java also provides GUI development capability through various means mainly Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), Swing and JavaFX. While AWT holds a number of pre-assembled components like menu, list, button. Swing is a GUI widget toolkit, it provides certain advanced elements like trees, scroll panes, tables, tabbed panel, and lists.
Web-based Applications
Java is also used to develop web applications. It provides a vast support for web applications through Servlets, Struts or JSPs. With the help of these technologies, you can develop any kind of web application that you require. The easy coding and high security offered by this programming language allow the development of a large number of applications for health, social security, education, and insurance.
Oracle, also adds to the list of the Java applications. From AI and machine learning to blockchain and beyond, let’s explore the sectors where Java is being used today and will continue to play an integral part in the future.
Java for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning .😍😍
Artificial Intelligence with Java.
What is it❓👉 It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to methods that are biologically observable. Professor John McCarthy father of AI.
Many developers working on AI find that Java is a good choice as the language to use for their projects. A consulting company recently had this to say about using Java for AI:
“No language can offer you ideal value of your time and effort, but Java is striving for perfection.” Programming AI in Java has more benefits than disadvantages, so you can safely use it to develop intelligent products.
Some of the benefits of Java are that the language is easy to learn, widely used and understood by thousands of developers, and is a good language to use for coding the algorithms that form the basis of AI. Plus Java scales well and is object-oriented.
Open source AI libraries are available to help developers who are planning to use Java for AI projects. this article lists some of the popular Java AI libraries for machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, and more. Machine Learning
Machine Learning and Java.😍 💪
A subset of AI, machine learning involves building systems that learn—or improve performance—based on data they process. Machine learning, powered by algorithms, forms the basis for new developments with self-driving cars and facial recognition software.
Why does this matter to Java developers? This article on Java had this to say.
“As a Java developer, you want to get ahead of this curve now--when tech companies are beginning to seriously invest in machine learning. What you learn today, you can build on over the next five years, but you have to start somewhere.”
One popular machine learning platform is Weka) Environment for Knowledge Analysis (Weka), which was developed by the University of Waikato, New Zealand. It is written in Java and provides a graphical user interface, command line interface, and Java API. It is a popular Java machine learning library and a useful tool for machine learning projects.
Java for Big Data. 😍💪
The reasons why a data scientist or developer chooses a programming language can be a personal preference or the choice of their organization's culture. While there are many languages used with Big Data, Java is often front and center for employing these tasks.
An InfoWorld article about programming languages for big data projects explains why Java is a good choice.
“Consider Hadoop MapReduce -- Java. HDFS? Written in Java. Even Storm, Kafka, and Spark run on the JVM (in Clojure and Scala), meaning that Java is a first-class citizen of these projects. . . using Java gives you access to a large ecosystem of profilers, debuggers, monitoring tools, libraries for enterprise security and interoperability, and much more besides, most of which have been battle-tested over the past two decades.”
Java and Blockchain Development.
Definition: Based on a peer-to-peer (P2P) topology, blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that allows data to be stored globally on thousands of servers – while letting anyone on the network see everyone else's entries in near real-time. That makes it difficult for one user to gain control of, or game, the network.
Blockchain allows organizations to agree on a single, distributed source of truth. With blockchain, unalterable records (blocks) are linked together to form a chain and securely distributed among participants. It enables transactions over a network and ensures the integrity and validity of those transactions.
While Oracle offers a blockchain platform, some developers may want to use Java to develop or customize blockchain applications. Here are some helpful resources to explore: 👉👉Blockchain implementation with code. 👉👉 Creating your first block chain with Java Code
Java and Games.
Popular languages like Java, C++, C#, and Python see developers write object-oriented code. For many new developers, the paradigms of object-orientation present new ways of thinking that are difficult to grasp conceptually. But they're fundamental to becoming a software engineer.
Well, it can take the whole day trying to discuss all the java applications. The above mentioned are all I can cover in this article. Feel free to add some of your best java applications down below.👇👇
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