JAVA is one of the most popular programming languages. The important and major characteristics of Java that you need to know includes:
- Object-Oriented
- Everything in java is object-oriented
- Java is easy to extend by creating new class
- Platform Independent
- In a correctly implemented JAVA system, the same program can run in any device.
- Java runs on most the real-time machines and operating systems
- It is Write Once Read Many Times language
- Simple
- Java is simple and easy to understand
- Its syntax is simple
- Secured
- Java is also popular for its security
- Java is secure because
- It has no explicit pointer
- The program of Java runs inside a virtual machine sandbox.
- Robust
- Has strong memory management
- No pointers, so more secure
- Exists exception handling and type checking mechanism
- Emphasized compile-time error checking
- Multithreaded
- This feature makes to write a program that performs many tasks simultaneously.
- High Performance
- Distributed
- Dynamic
- Portable
