Development of complex sites in Java

Java is one of the first programming languages. It was first used in 1995, and for more than 25 years it has not only been in demand, but has taken a leading position, second only to Python and C.

Today, Java is not just a programming language, but a separate ecosystem with many tools, libraries and frameworks that help in software development. It includes the following components:

• The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a free Java development kit from Oracle Corporation that includes a compiler, standard class libraries, documentation, and various utilities.

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is a native Java runtime environment that runs on top of the operating system and provides additional language-specific services.
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE) – integrated development environments in which you can edit, run and compile code.

Java is officially considered the primary language for the Android operating system, but it’s not limited to mobile development alone. It also writes high-load server software and complex websites such as Amazon, PayPal, Ebay and many others.

The server part of web applications and sites can be written in different programming languages, each of which has its own advantages. About Java, it is worth saying that it has established itself as a powerful and flexible technology, and there are several reasons why you should use it in your project:

• Big community. The Java language is written by millions of programmers around the world. This means that with the search for competent personnel for the development of the project, there will never be any difficulties. In addition, in the process of implementing non-standard functionality, which is typical for complex sites, developers may experience various difficulties, and they can turn to the community to find answers to questions.
• A large number of ready-made tools. To solve typical problems, programmers can use ready-made pieces of code and libraries. That is, they will not have to deal with “inventing the wheel”, and they will be able to spend time on solving really important tasks.
• Cross-platform. One of the slogans of the language sounds like “Write once, run anywhere”, and this statement is quite justified. Software written in Java can be run simultaneously on different operating systems.
• Backward compatibility. Java guarantees that a project written in any version of the language will work correctly, despite all subsequent updates. This provides stability, which is important during the creation of large and complex functionality.

• Security. The Java language is equipped with a Security Manager tool that allows you to set database access rules to get rid of vulnerabilities and increase the security of your code.
• Distributed programming. Large and complex sites are often developed not by one programmer, but by a whole team. In this case, Java provides comfortable remote work on different computers, which significantly increases the productivity of specialists.
• Memory management. Java is equipped with an automatic memory management feature that improves the performance of the software.
• Multithreading. Program code written in Java can perform multiple tasks at once without performance loss.

In addition, Java is an object-oriented programming language. This approach makes it possible to reuse objects of one project within others, competently structures the code, makes it shorter and clearer, which is important when scaling.

The final choice of a programming language for each specific project is often left to the developers, since they can evaluate the features of the software product from a technical point of view and select the optimal technology stack.

There are three main approaches to developing websites in the Java language. The first is to use the Java servlet, an interface that extends the functionality of the server, which is essentially the underlying API. It gives developers enough flexibility and control to create complex server products.

The second approach is to use JavaServer Faces. It is a Java specification for creating component-oriented user interfaces for web applications.

It provides developers with more tools than a servlet, but with less customization.

In addition, there are a huge number of Java frameworks that help you quickly create code for basic tasks and save project implementation time. Due to their simplicity and speed, such development environments are most often used by programmers.

Today, over 50 million websites around the world are powered by Java. This programming language is ideal for implementing projects of any complexity, and its possibilities on the web are almost limitless, and depend only on the skill of developers.

AVADA-MEDIA has been operating in the software development market for over 10 years. In our projects, we use only up-to-date technologies, including Java, which make it possible to implement tasks of any scale.

All projects developed in AVADA-MEDIA undergo a mandatory testing stage, during which the performance of each individual function, button and form, as well as the entire software product as a whole, is checked. This allows us to guarantee the high quality of the released software.