Java has emerged as one of the most popular and majorly used technology
internationally in development. It is the most commonly used programming
language to develop software applications for customers. Java
development is done in the presence of multiple essential elements i.e.
known as the environment. This Java run time environment is also known
as private run time. The Java Development Kit and Software Development
Kit are provided to users by most software software development
companies for effective development purposes.
The run time
environment comes along with the kits which makes it simpler for users
to work in the language without having to spend extra on anything else.
By and large, there is confusion between Java development Kit
and the Software Development kit to be the similar. Whereas, the basic
contrast between the two is that Java Development Kit has narrow work of
area, and, Software Development Kit has wider applications. In fact,
Java Development Kit is a subset of Software Development Kit if we may
say so. The task of writing and running Java programs is the work of
JDK. Other elements comprising of the SDK are application servers, extra
softwares, debuggers and documentation.
As a programming language Java has some basic goals like:
1. It should be open source and platform independent.
2. It should attain high performance and produce quality work.
3. It should be interpreted, stringed or threaded and should be dynamic also.
4. The program should carry attributes like simplicity, familiarity and object orientation.
5. Program should be secure.
With
such dynamic features present, any program written on Java language can
run on any other hardware operating system that supports Java
applications. Java language code is changed by the compliers into Java
byte code instead of specific machine code.
These Java byte code
instructions appear analogous to machine code, but are further
processed for proper usage by the new hardware as well. Java uses an app
called automatic garbage collector to manage memory in the object
life-cycle. Because of the simplified elements and various other unique
features, Java stands better than any other programming language at the
moment. It is many a times accused of being slower than other
programming languages and requires more space to store its contents.
Yet, the execution speed of java programs has improved remarkably since
its origin.
Improvements in terms of memory space required and
speed have taken place in this language since its inception. It is due
to these advancements that Java Web application has become highly popular among Java developers worldwide.