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

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

Ratings

File extensions

java, jav, jsh

External Links

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