What software uses JAVA?

Question

HI, As I am going to learn Java soon, I would like to know what software uses Java. I know there are lots of software running Java but I would like to know some major ones so I can have the idea of how we can use Java. And is there anywhere I can see some complex or advance Java code.

Answer 1

A web search for "java open-source projects" will give number of sites that will show you many answers to both of your questions. The first hit I got was:

http://java-source.net/



Notice that a lot of the applications are web-related. The Internet hooks together many millions machines with different processors and different operating systems. That makes a hardware-independent language like Java very attractive.



I just looked again and now Java 8 is supported by Minecraft, so they've emerged from where they were a year or so ago. Good for them and great for their users.



@james I, Maybe many gamers think of Minecraft first, but the Android phone common applications (Messaging, Phone, Camera, Calendar, etc.) all are Java and all are used *much* more than any game.

Answer 2

Minecraft is written in Java. Quite a bit of software for Android is done in Java. You'll find a ton of Java in enterprise environments and on web servers.

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

If you want to browse source code for big java projects take a look at GitHub: https://github.com/search?l=Java&q=stars%3A%3E100&ref=searchresults&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93

Answer 5

Eclipse

Answer 6

a major one is minecraft...

also unless the code is freely given out (99% of the time it is not) then you cant access it