What is Java ?
Java is a
class-based
,
high-level
,
object oriented
programming
language that James
Gosling designed in 1995.
For over 14 years, Airbnb has been one of the biggest companies for vacation rentals
and similar services. The company has a fully functional
website with a Java-powered
backend.
Who uses Java ?
Amazon is not just a big name in the ecommerce sector. It is also renowned as one of
the five big tech companies on the globe. Amazon Web Services
hires Java developers
as part of its software engineering department because it has several web-based
application services
that are written in Java
eBay has managed to maintain its relevance as one of the best ecommerce companies
in the US for the last 27 years. The backend of eBay runs
on a Java-based technology
stack and the Java virtual machine.
Java editions
Sun has defined and supports four editions of Java targeting
different application
●
Java Card for smart-cards(identity cards and passports)
●
Java Micro Edition(micro-controllers, sensors, embedded systems)
●
Java Standard Edition (develop and deploy applications on desktops and servers)
●
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (enterprise
applications, web applications)