Intro and Hello World/Java: Difference between revisions

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Lecture material:

Start with Java history

Characteristics/Java Today

Aconyms Galore

Goodies

Compiling

Running

Documentation

Oracle owns Java, meaning they control it, but Java source code has been released
Oracle maintains control of Java source code, and maintains documentation for Java
Catch-all place to go for information about Java

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+==Outline==
 Lecture material:
 * History & Today
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 * Running
 * Documentation
+==Material==
+Start with Java history
+* Why Java was invented
+* Inspiration came from universal "virtual machine" idea
+* Location/companies/people
+* Evolution of Java over time
+Characteristics/Java Today
+* Noun based object oriented programming language - everything is an object
+* Programmers today have many more languages to choose from
+* Java is a standby but important to know advantages and disadvantages
+* Oracle owns the Java language
+Aconyms Galore
+* J2SE
+* J2ME
+* J2EE
+* JVM
+* JRE
+Goodies
+* What does Java come with? Huge and extensive API.
+Compiling
+* Java is a compiled language
+* Compiling basic hello world program from command line
+* Compiling basic hello world program from IDE
+* Most people use IDE
+* External libraries with Jar files, won't go into Java project management
+Running
+* Compiler converts Java code into universal Java bytecode, same on every device
+* Java byecode is run by the JVM; JVM is different on each device
+Documentation
+* Oracle owns Java, meaning they control it, but Java source code has been released
+* Oracle maintains control of Java source code, and maintains documentation for Java
+* Catch-all place to go for information about Java
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