History of Java

• Brief history of Java
• Java Version History

Let's see some points that describes the history of java.

• James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991.
• originally designed for small, embedded systems in electronic appliances like set-top boxes.
• initially called Oak and was developed as a part of the Green project
• In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java". Java is just a name not an acronym.
• originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems(which is now a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995.
• JDK 1.0 released in(January 23, 1996).

Java Version History

James Gosling: Java Founder

There are many java versions that has been released.

1. JDK Alpha and Beta (1995)
2. JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan, 1996)
3. JDK 1.1 (19th Feb, 1997)
4. J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec, 1998)
5. J2SE 1.3 (8th May, 2000)
6. J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb, 2002)
7. J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep, 2004)
8. Java SE 6 (11th Dec, 2006)
9. Java SE 7 (28th July, 2011)