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Java: Benefits & Drawbacks

What is Java?

Java is considered to be a programming language that happens to be object-oriented, class-based, and general-purpose. Usually, the applications in Java are compiled to byte codes, which can operate on any JVM (Java virtual machine). Although Java’s syntax is identical to that of C and C++, it comes with lesser low-level facilities compared to both of them.

According to GitHub in 2019, Java happens to be among the most popular programming languages out there and has been used mainly for client-server side applications with more than 10 million registered developers.

Java was introduced in 1995, and it has turned out to be one of the best options for developing software or applications since then. It is employed for designing applications for Middleware products, Embedded systems, Web servers, and Scientific applications.

Benefits of using Java

The benefits of using Java development services are mentioned in the following paragraphs.

Simple – Compared to other programming languages, it is much simpler to use, write, debug, compile, and learn Java. It is simpler because it makes use of garbage collection and automatic memory.


Object-oriented – Java is considered an object-oriented language related to objects, classes, abstraction, polymorphism, inheritance, and so on, which enables us to develop modular programs.

Safe – Java is a programming language that provides optimum security. Its interpreter, compiler, as well as a runtime environment, has been developed with safety in mind.

Perform-independent – Java provides the facility of writing a program once which can be run on any platform and any browser that is Java-compatible. Thus, we can quickly move it between different computers.

Distributed computing – Java comes with remarkable networking capability. Java has been designed so that distributed computing becomes quite simple with networking capability, which is included in it.

Multithreaded –It is possible to perform several tasks simultaneously using Java.

Robust – Java happens to be an extremely robust and reliable programming language. Its compilers will be able to identify errors in coding without any problem whatsoever. Other features such as garbage collection and exception handling help to make Java quite robust.
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Drawbacks of using Java

Performance – Although it is simple to use Java, it is not reflected in its performance. It can use a lot of memory and is relatively slow as compared to other compiled languages.

Memory management – Memory, in Java, is managed to employ garbage collection. The application’s performance is affected once the garbage collector functions. The reason for this is that it is imperative to stop all other threads to allow the garbage collector thread to function.

Appearance and feel – The job applications’ deferred appearance is entirely dissimilar to the native appearance.
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