history of java | | Java is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language developed by sun Microsystems of USA in 1991.
Java was designed for the development of software for consumer electronic devices like TVs, VCRs, toasters, and other electronic machines. The goal had a strong impact on the development team to make the language simple, portable, and highly reliable.
The java team which includes Patrick Naughton discovered that the existing languages like C and C++ had limitations in terms of both reliability and portability.
However, they modeled their new language java on C and C++ but removed a number of features of C and C++ that were considered sources of problems and thus made java a really simple, reliable, portable, and powerful language
Java is not tied to any particular hardware or operating system.
you can execute a java program anywhere on any system.
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Java milestones in the history of java
| Year | Development |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Sun Microsystems decided to develop special software that could be used to manipulate consumer electronic devices. A team of Sun Microsystems programmers headed by James gosling was formed to undertake this task |
| 1991 | After exploring the possibility of using the most popular object-oriented language C++. the team announced a new language named “Oak” |
| 1992 | The Team, Known as Green project team by Sun, demonstrated the application of their new language to control a list of home appliances using a hand-held device with a tiny touch-sensitive screen |
| 1993 | The world wide web (WWW) appeared on the internet and transformed the text-based internet into a graphically rich-environment the green project team came up with the idea of developing web applets using a new language that could run on all types of computers connected to the internet |
| 1994 | The team developed a web browser called “Hotjava” to locate and run applet programs on the internet HotJava demonstrated the power of the new language thus making it instantly popular among the internet users |
| 1995 | oak was renamed “Java”. due to some legal snags. Java is just a name and is not an acronym. many popular companies including Netscape and Microsoft announced their support for java |
| 1996 | Java established itself not only as a leader in Internet programming but also as a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language. sun releases Java Development Kit 1.0 |
| 1997 | Sun releases Java Development Kit 1. 1 |
| 1998 | Sun releases Java 2 with version 1. 2 of the Software Development Kit |
| 1999 | Sun releases Java 2 platform, standard Edition(J2SE), and Enterprise Edition (J2EE). |
| 2000 | J2SE with SDK 1. 3 was released. |
| 2002 | J2SE with SDK 1. 4 was released. |
| 2004 | J2SE with SDK 5.0 was released. This is known as J2SE 5. 0 |
| 2006 | Java SE 6 was released. with this release, sun changed the name from ‘J2SE’ to ‘Java SE’ and also removed ‘.0’ from the version name |
| 2011 | Java SE 7 was released. |
