Java history is interesting to know. The history of java starts from the Green Team. Java team members (also known as Green Team), initiated a revolutionary task to develop a language for digital devices such as set-top boxes, televisions, etc.
For the green team members, it was an advance concept at that time. But, it was suited for internet programming. Later, Java technology as incorporated by Netscape.
James Gosling - founder of java
James Gosling
Currently, Java is used in internet programming, mobile devices, games, e-business solutions, etc. There are given the major points that describe the history of java.
According to James Gosling, "Java was one of the top choices along with Silk". Since java was so unique, most of the team members preferred java.
There are many java versions that have been released. A current stable release of Java is Java SE 8.
| Version | Released on | Description |
|---|---|---|
| JDK1.0 | 23 Jan 1996 | The codename is Oak. Initial release of Jdk1.0 |
| JDK1.1 | 19 Feb 1997 | The addition of AWT, JDBC, RMI, JavaBeans etc |
| J2SE 1.2 | 8 Dec 1998 | J2SE(Java2 Standard Edition), Codename Playground, Major additions are- Swing graphical API was integrated, strictfp Keyword, reflection, Java IDL, collection and JIT Compiler in Sun’s JVM for Java plug-in was equipped. |
| J2SE 1.3 | 8 May 2000 | Codename Kestrel. The major changes are- Hotspot JVM included, RMI modified to support compatibility with CORBA, Java Naming and Directory Interface(JNDI) included and Java Platform Debugger Architecture(JPDA), Java Sound etc. |
| J2SE 1.4 | 6 Feb 2002 | Codename Merlin. This was the first release of the Java platform developed under Java community process as JSR 59. The Major Changes are- assert Keyword, Regular Expression, Exception chaining, Image I/O API for reading and writing images, Java Web start included. |
| J2SE 5.0 | 30 Sept 2004 | codename Tiger, Originally Numbered 1.5, New language features added are- Generics, Metadata, Autoboxing, Enumerations, Swing, Var-args, collections static imports etc. |
| Java SE 6 | 11 Dec 2006 | Codename Mustang. New changes are- Scripting Language support, Improved web service support through JAX-WS, JDBC 4.0 support, support for pluggable annotations, JVM improvements including Synchronization and compiler performance optimizations, Garbage collection algorithms. |
| Java SE 7.0 | 28 July 2011 | Codename Dolphin, currently in development stage, The features changes are- JVM support for the dynamic language, New library for parallel computing on the multi core, compressed 64-bit pointers, Automatic resource management. |
| Java SE 8.0 | 18 March 2014 | |
| Java SE 9.0 | Sept 2017 |
