Overview - What is Java

• New, general purpose object-oriented programming language from Sun Microsystems
• Allows users to interact with Web pages beyond simply:
  • reading them
  • filling out a form
  • answering questions
• Allows interaction with program running as an extension to your Web browser
• May be used to augment web page with both a new protocol and the program which implements that protocol
• May be used for writing both network-oriented and local application programs