Introduction:

In this tutorial, we are going to explain what is java and how it’s platform independent programming language.

What is Java ?

Java is a programming language and a platform. Java is a high level language, object-oriented and secure programming language.

Java was developed by Sun Microsystems (which is now the subsidiary of Oracle) in the year 1995. James Gosling is known as the father of Java.

What is platform?

From the definition of java. Any hardware or software environment a program runs is a platform. Since Java has a runtime environment (JRE) and API. If you want to become a great Software Engineer especially when you are working in Software Development Domain, you should learn Java.

According to Sun, 3 billion devices run Java. There are many devices where Java is currently used.
Some of them are as follows:

1. Desktop Applications such as media player, antivirus.
2. Web Applications such as linkedin.com, oraask.com.
3. Enterprise Applications such as banking applications.
4. Mobile
5. Embedded System, Robotics ,etc.

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Java Platforms / Editions :

There are 4 platforms or editions of Java:

1. Java SE (Java Standard Edition)

It is a Java programming platform. It includes Java programming APIs such as java.lang, java.io, java.net, java.util, java.sql, java.math etc. It includes core topics like OOPs , Regex, Exception, Inner classes, Multithreading, I/O Stream, Networking, AWT, Swing, Reflection, Collection, etc.

2. Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition)

It is an enterprise platform which is mainly used to develop web and enterprise applications. It is built on the top of the Java SE platform. It includes topics like Servlet, JSP, Web Services, EJB, etc.

3. Java ME (Java Micro Edition)

It is a micro platform which is mainly used to develop mobile applications.

4. JavaFX

It is used to develop rich internet applications. It uses a light-weight user interface API.

In this tutorial, you have learned what is java. and how it’s independent platform. continue with us for more tutorials that help beginners as well as professionals.

Hopefully, it was clear and concise.