What are the different steps involved in developing a Java Application?

In this tutorial, we will discuss some general steps used for java application development. This tutorial will help the students and new developers learn about the different processes involved in any type of java application development.

As you know, Java is a programming language that was released by Sun Micro System in 1995. Java is secure, reliable, and fast. With the help of Java, we can create a lot of Desktop applications, mobile applications, games, networking applications, business applications and small to large-scale web applications, and much more.

A Java application is mostly developed on one platform like MS Windows and then can be deployed to any other Platform like Linux. Every target platform needs a JRE (Java Run time Environment) installation for the execution of Java applications. Different development tools are available for assistance in this deployment process. A Java Application is mostly compressed in the JAR (Java Archive) File and then deployed to any operating system.


Here are the general steps used to develop a Java application which are 

1- Write Java codes using an editor which may a simple text editor like Notepad or Programmer editors like TextPad, EditPlus or an Integrated development environment ( IDE ) like NetBeans IDE, Eclipse IDE, Oracle JDeveloper, etc. In this step .java extension source code file is created like myJavaClass.java.

2- Compile .java source file using the Java compiler (javac) to create intermediate byte code files.Class extension. A byte Code file is a universal type file that can run on any supporting Operating system having its required JVM (Java virtual machine)

     javac MyJavaClass.java

3- To execute / Run the java byte code .class file, Java interpreter (java) is used. The byte code is interpreted at run time on any platform that has a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

     java MyJavaClass

4- Optionally, you can also debug your java application using a Java debugger. Java debuggers are available in any Java IDE like NetBeans, Eclipse, oracle Jdeveloper, etc for debugging the java codes.



This process is summarized in the following diagram: