What are the major features and important characteristics of JAVA Programming?

Last Updated on 5 years ago by ICT Byte

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