- Java is a programming language and a platform.
- Java is a high level, robust, object-oriented and secure programming language.
- Java was developed by Sun Microsystems (which is now the subsidiary of Oracle) in the year 1995.
- James Gosling is known as the father of Java. Before Java, its name was Oak. Since Oak was already a registered company, so James Gosling and his team changed the name from Oak to Java.
According to Sun, 3 billion devices run Java.
There are many devices where Java is currently used. Some of them are as follows :
- Desktop Applications such as acrobat reader, media player, antivirus, etc.
- Web Applications such as irctc.co.in, javatpoint.com, etc.
- Enterprise Applications such as banking applications.
- Mobile
- Embedded System
- Smart Card
- Robotics
- Games, etc.
- HackerRank, a coding-based technical skills and assessment platform, is one of the many tools used by Goldman Sachs to assess candidates for roles within Engineering.
- HackerRank is very good for beginners so even if you want to print your first program βHello World!β then definitely HackerRank gives this opportunity to you.
- It has a pretty good UI with boilerplate code pre-written that helps beginners to start competitive coding.