
2.1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS JAVA?
Java is an easy to learn, object-oriented programming (OOP) language developed by Sun Microsystems.
There are different types of programming languages, but Java is unique among them. For example, a Visual
Basic program executes correctly on Microsoft Windows, but it does not run on Apple Mac OS. With Java,
a developer can write an application and run that on different operating systems (including Windows, Mac
OS, Unix and Mainframes) without any modifi cation in the code.
Typically, when developing an application in a programming language, the source code is passed
through a compiler (another application) ...