The Java programming language

Write once, run everywhere !

Many know what java is . If you don't there's no need to panic. You will soon learn the concept of java.

Java is a programming language released in 1995 by Sun Microsystems . Most of it's syntax derives from C and C++ but is a higher level programming language.Higher level doesn't mean that it's better,it only means that it's used for things such as desktop,web applications , not for programming drivers or operating systems such as Windows and Linux . Java applications are compiled to bytecode which can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of the operating system or computer architecture.

Java is not as fast as C++(because C++ is a compiled language) , but is not as slow as python (because python is an interpreted language) . The advantage of using it over faster languages is that it's syntax is very clear, it is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language, it's fast enough to be used in most cases, It's mostly PORTABLE (big advantage in some cases) and because you won't have to deal with low level stuff, the time required to develop an application is greatly reduced.

I already said too much so the next post will teach you how to write a simple program in java.