Do you know Java?
By ToMuSH
@ToMuSH (202)
Israel
13 responses
@sharmistharoy (117)
• India
13 Feb 07
just learning java ..i find it to b the most interesting languages ever..this java had just swept me off my feet such that i have decided to continue my career with java..
@tuummater (11)
• United States
15 Feb 07
I'm learning it in school currently. Right now, we have just finished exception handling.
@huanghaozi (1472)
• Egypt
12 Feb 07
Unlike ordinary applications, which reside on your hard drive, a Java applet resides on a Web server. When a Web page containing a Java applet is viewed with a Java-compatible browser, the applet's code is downloaded to your computer and executed within the browser window.
Once a Java applet is downloaded to your computer, it operates very differently from applications written in other programming languages. Unlike JavaScript, which is interpreted by your browser, Java applets are separate executable programs. (This may seem like a small difference, but it is actually a rather large and important one.) Furthermore, unlike conventional programs, such as your browser or word-processor, most of the information needed to run any Java applet is contained in your browser, which is why browsers need to be Java-compatible in order to run a Java applet.
@elusivedarkness (531)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I learned it many moons ago. I remember how to do a lot of stuff in it, but I'm probably pretty rusty. I know javascript, and I use it frequently. It's very useful especially with the advent of AJAX. I'm not a big fan of Java Applets and applications. I don't know why, but I guess I find them kind of cumbersome and slow.
@driedmango (356)
• Philippines
13 Feb 07
Both java and javascript are good programming language however, they have different uses and characteristics. Java and javascript are not the same language. javascript is used primarily for client side programming (web) while java can be used on different applications such as web, mobile, network and even stand alone applications.
One good thing about java is, there are a lot of open source communities using java as its programming language. And this saves so much time for the company in developing new systems.
If i'm given a time, i also want to learn more on java. Most likely, my first step will be to be Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP).
@zickheroin (49)
• Philippines
13 Feb 07
Java pretty much gets boring once you get into it. It is the 2nd PL i learned, so i was all excited by its object-oriented ness. But as I progressed I realized that it's pretty weak for big applications. VB is easier to code with almost the same results, except for the OS dependence thing of course.
And when it comes to scripting, although I'm not into that, I am just starting to learn PHP.