beginnerJava Fundamentals
How does a Java program actually run, from source file to execution?
The .java source is compiled by javac into platform-independent .class bytecode; the JVM's class loader loads that bytecode, the bytecode verifier checks it for safety, and the execution engine (interpreter + JIT compiler) then runs it, translating hot bytecode into native machine code on the fly.
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