CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Java

Four Types of Computer Language

1. high-level language
2. assembly language
3. machine language
4. fourth-generation language
A computer has its own machine language. The PC for instance, uses the binary code machine language.
Ex.
High-Level Language Machine Language (low-level language)
x+y 1101 0000 0000 0111 1011 1111 1110
A program written in high-level language is called source program.
In the example, the source is Java.
In the computer, a compiler or interpreter translates the Java language x + y into the binary code series
1101 0000 0000 0111 1011 1111 1110 the computer can run.

The JAVA Platform

Platform- hardware (processor) + operating system (OS)

Example of Platforms:
1. Intel + Windows (Hardware is Intel; OS is Microsoft Windows)
2. Intel + Linux
3. Intel + Solaris
4. Intel + Mac OS
The Java Platform consists of API (Java Application Program Interface) + JVM (Java Virtual Machine)
The Java Compiler does not translate a Java program into machine language but into byte-code.
The byte-code is the machine language for a hypothetical computer called Java Virtual Machine. These byte-
codes can be sent to any computer with JVM and can be posted in the internet.
A program in the computer called interpreter translates these byte-codes into machine language of the
computer.
The Java compiler has a Java Virtual Machine called JDK (Java Development Kit). Current Version is JDK 8.
NetBeans is a program that supports Java.

Java API (Java Application Programming Interface)

-the class library of Java. It consists of packages,
 Description of class
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Package
names

Class names