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why is java important?
I was asked to download java But is it nescesarry to download java and why?????
6 Answers
- Big_KidLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Java is platform independent, meaning it doesn't matter which operating system you are using, the program will still run as long as you got Java. Because of this, Java is needed on several websites or as an add-on or to provide more functions to it, or simply to play more games. :)
- 1 decade ago
A programming language is a tool. Tools have specific purposes. Tools change. New tools, technologies, and techniques becomes available. It doesn’t make much sense to specialize in wielding a hammer over a screwdriver, if one lacks the core skill of following assembly instructions. However unlike this construction analogy, technological tools change rapidly.
“Java will guarantee a corporate job”; “PHP is required for web development”; “Ruby is growing at 400% per year”. A lot of people claim to have a solid idea of where the industry will be and are quick to offer advice, but this can’t possibly be the case. All of those languages — Java, PHP, Ruby, have first appeared in 1995. This means that all the hype that you are supposed to “know” right now, didn’t even exist just 13 years ago. So if you plan on sticking to your favourite high school programming language, chances are that by the time you graduate from a University, you’ll show up at the playfield with a wrong type of bat, so to speak.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
* At its core Java is just a programming language
* But Java is also a powerful platform that
o includes a complete set of APIs for distributed applications
o allows programs to run anywhere on the network
o runs on top of existing platforms ("Write Once Run Anywhere")
o reduces desktop administration costs
* These features make Java ideal for
o programming in the networked, heterogeneous world
o realizing Web/E-Commerce applications
o integrating (legacy) technologies such as DBs and other languages
o programming handheld devices (PDA's, phones etc)
* Enormous growth in popularity (COBOL of 21st century)
- quintanarLv 44 years ago
JAVA replace isn't required, as long as you dont use some software that relies upon on specfic function of extra moderen version. individually i think it incredibly is basically a wastage of bandwidth to bypass away it working. yet you are able to keep directly to date via sorting out protection updates correct information & replace it each and every 3-4 minor releases.
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- 1 decade ago
java is very important it lets everything run from your games to lime wire to the advertisement on the side of this web page and if you have phone chances are that it is powered by java
- Anonymous1 decade ago
java is platform independent language (means u can use java application on any platform like windows, Linux etc.) and it provides security