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5 Java Beginner Questions & Answers

What was the original name of Java? Oak Oak was the original name. JavaScript stole its name from Java. James Gosling created Java, and Lisp was just one of the inspirations. What is the name of the Java mascot? Duke Duke is the name. Jonathan and Whit no longer work for Sun/Oracle. What is not true about JavaBeans? They're fully compiled to native code. JavaBeans are intended to be passed around as Java objects and accessed by methods that can be discovered by tools. They aren't normally compiled to native code unless the JVM does it during execution.   JavaFX is: A language for building browser-based content   JavaFX works like Flash and is meant to offer nice, antialiasing in the browser, among other things. OpenJDK is  not : An open source tool for running Java in your browser or through Web Start The OpenJDK is a GPL-protected stack of code that includes a virtual machine and many Java APIs. It is not normally used to run Java in your browser