History Of Java

History OF Java

1. Java is a computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and    specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let

James Gosling creator of java

 application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one  platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another.

2. James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June  1991.

3. The language was initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office

4. After that is was renamed to Green.

5. And finally it was renamed to java from java Coffee.

Principles Of Java

1. It should be "simple, object-oriented and familiar".
2. It should be "robust and secure".
3. It should be "architecture-neutral and portable".
4. It should execute with "high performance".
5. It should be "interpreted, threaded, and dynamic".

Version Of Java

• JDK 1.0 (January 21, 1996)
• JDK 1.1 (February 19, 1997)
• J2SE 1.2 (December 8, 1998)
• J2SE 1.3 (May 8, 2000)
• J2SE 1.4 (February 6, 2002)
• J2SE 5.0 (September 30, 2004)
• Java SE 6 (December 11, 2006)
• Java SE 7 (July 28, 2011)
• Java SE 8 (March 18, 2014)

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