Java – Best Language For High Performance Web Development

By Author: Mark Royson
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Java language is an object oriented language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and later merged with Oracle. Majority of its syntax are being derived from C and C++ language and Java based apps can run on any Java Virtual Machine [JVM].

Java Platform offers number of advantages that are required for High Performance Computing [HPC]. These advantages include –

1] Portability
Java has the ability to generate portable code which can compile and run on number of platforms. This is useful for application developers who can look forward to run their codes on range of systems including PCs and other large HPC machines.
Java offers portability because of the mechanism used in compiling and executing Java code. The source code of Java is compiled using Java Compiler for generating Java byte code. Java byte code is same as normal machine code but it is platform neutral. Moreover, it is created and executed on JVM and it is extremely portable.

2] Network Support
Java provides considerable in-built support for distributed computing. The most essential requirement for distributed ...
... computing is the ability to carry out Remote Procedure Calls [RPC]. Java provides two principle methods for carrying out RPC – RMI [Remote Method Invocation] and Java IDL [Cobra Interface Definition Language].

Moreover, Java also offers support for sockets, and standard APIs for TCP communication.

3] Security
Considering applications in a distributed environment, Security is one of the major issues in addition of portability and network support. Java has in-built mechanisms for either restricting that what code from a remote system can do or for ensuring that the code is coming from a trusted source. Java also includes a byte-code verification feature which is useful for security purposes. This feature ensures that all the code is well-managed and trusted code is being executed.

Moreover, Java doesn’t include Pointers which provides some security as the direct access to memory is being prevented which is considered as a big source for malicious attacks.

4] GUI Development
Java Language provides platform independent GUI libraries. This helps developers to visualize the end results and to interact with the application in an effective way. Compared to Java, C and C++ programming languages provide GUI libraries that are platform dependent.

5] Availability and Accessibility
Java is available on every Operating System like Windows, Linux, etc. Also, Java language is now used for mobile application development for Android based mobile devices. Moreover, Java technology is available for free to download on the web.
The above five attractive features of Java language motivates its use for High Performance Computing. These features make Java as the most powerful language.

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