Why is Java a Good Language I
It is excellent built in Graphics and Multimedia so you can use it to write applets tat make your Web Pages better …..
It is similar to well known older languages like C and C++ so you can learn these later.
It has wonderful and growing libraries (existing software you can re-use) that allow you to use databases, “object brokers” and all the resources you could want
It has lots of good books and a growing number of fancy environments to help you program
It supports the web and networking (linking of computers)
There are more formal reasons on the next foil