Applications of Java

Applications of Java

Every enterprise uses Java in one way or other. As per Oracle, more than 3 billion devices run applications designed on the development platform.:Desktop GUI applications

• Embedded systems
• Web applications, including eCommerce applications, front and back office electronic trading systems, settlement and confirmation systems, data processing projects, and more
• Web servers and application servers
• Mobile applications including Android applications
• Enterprise applications
• Scientific applications
• Middle ware products

Advantages of Java

• Java offers higher cross- functionality and portability as programs written in one platform can run across desktops, mobiles, embedded systems.
• Java is free, simple, object-oriented, distributed, supports multithreading and offers multimedia and network support.
• Java is a mature language, therefore more stable and predictable. The Java Class Library enables cross-platform development.
• Being highly popular at enterprise, embedded and network level, Java has a large active user community and support available.
• Unlike C and C++, Java programs are compiled independent of platform in bytecode language which allows the same program to run on any machine that has a JVM installed.
• Java has powerful development tools like Eclipse SDK and NetBeans which have debugging capability and offer integrated development environment.
• Increasing language diversity, evidenced by compatibility of Java with Scala, Groovy, JRuby, and Clojure.
• Relatively seamless forward compatibility from one version to the next