Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
Java Compilation and Execution Processes
This section provides a quick introduction of Java compilation and execution process.
A Java application program is made of one or more classes and zero or more interfaces. One of the class must have the main() method as the execution starting point of the program. There are 3 steps involved in creating the classes and interfaces of a Java program, and running the program:
Here is sample session of compiling and executing a simple Java application on a Linux system:
%cat Hello.java class Hello { public static void main(String[] a) { System.out.println("Hello world!"); } } %javac Hello.java %java Hello Hello world!
Table of Contents
2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
►1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
►Java Compilation and Execution Processes
Java Is an Object-Oriented Language
Java Supports Automatic Garbage Collection
Java Supports Multi-Threading Programming
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs