Java

Summary

Java is a general-purpose, class-based, object-oriented programming language designed for portability and cross-platform compatibility. It follows the "write once, run anywhere" principle through its use of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Paradigms

object-oriented, imperative, functional, generic, reflective, concurrent, structured

Domains

server-side applications, desktop applications, web development, distributed system

Key Features

first-class functions, closures, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, traits/interfaces, REPL, native FFI, reflection, meta-programming, decorators/annotations, string interpolation, modules, lambdas

Typing

static system, non-structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, required type annotations

Compilation

compiled, interpreted with JIT compilation

Influenced By

C++, Objective-C, C#, Ada, Smalltalk, Eiffel, C, Mesa, Modula-3, Simula

Influenced

TypeScript, Frege, ActionScript, Gremlin, Seed7, PHP, Chapel, Hack, Scala, Dragon, Ballerina, Deesel, Karel++, Tea, Monkey X, Apex, Processing, D, Swift, Ceylon, Apache Groovy, E, Mirah, Groovy, Join Java, JavaFX Script, Haxe, JavaScript, OptimJ, Ada, Pnuts, JS++, Qore, Vala, X10, BeanShell, Common Intermediate Language, Python, Whiley, Gosu, ASP.NET, C#, Gambas, Ateji PX, Dart, Kotlin

Ratings

File extensions

java, jav, jsh

External Links

• Java official site
• Java jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/java subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories