The Java Programming Language

Welcome to the Java page! Here, you'll find a description of the language as well as a list of sample programs in that language.

This article was written by:

• Jeremy Grifski
• Ron Zuckerman
• Stuart Irwin

Description

Java is a general-purpose language that was designed with portability in mind. In other words, compile once and run anywhere. Originally called Oak, Java was developed in 1991 where the syntax was largely influenced by C/C++.

Today, Java exists as one of the most popular languages in the industry with uses that range from database management to app development. Since its inception, Java has gone through nine iterations and two companies: Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation, the current owners.

As a language, Java has received several complaints. For instance, many developers despise Java for its verbosity and performance. That said, the language has many great features like garbage collection which offset some of these complaints.

Features

• Object-Oriented
• Static Typing

Articles

There are 26 articles:

• Baklava in Java
• Binary Search in Java
• Bubble Sort in Java
• Capitalize in Java
• Convex Hull in Java
• Depth First Search in Java
• Duplicate Character Counter in Java
• Even Odd in Java
• Factorial in Java
• Fibonacci in Java
• File Input Output in Java
• Fizz Buzz in Java
• Hello World in Java
• Insertion Sort in Java
• Job Sequencing in Java
• Linear Search in Java
• Longest Common Subsequence in Java
• Longest Word in Java
• Merge Sort in Java
• Palindromic Number in Java
• Prime Number in Java
• Quick Sort in Java
• Quine in Java
• Reverse String in Java
• Rot13 in Java
• Selection Sort in Java