Java Evolution

Java History

• Java is a general purpose , object-oriented programming language.

• The fastest growing programming language in the history of computing

• Developed by Sun Microsystems of USA in 1991.

• Originally it is called Oak by James Gosling.

• Originally designed in 1991 for use in embedded consumer applications

• Java team which headed James Gosling developed a Web browser called “Hot Java” to

locate and run applet programs on Internet in 1994.

• Oak was renamed “Java” in 1995.

• Redesigned in early 1995 with Internet application capabilities

• Introduced in May, 1995 and immediately supported by the Netscape Web browser.

• Rapidly overtaking C++ in popularity among commercial software developers

• Java established itself not only as a leader for Internet programming but also as a

general purpose, object-oriented programming language.

• Java found its home in the heart of the modern programmer.

• Java is the first programming language that is not tied to any particular hardware or

operating system.

• Programs developed in java can be executed anywhere on any system.

• Therefore Java comes as a revolutionary technology because it has brought in a

fundamental shift in how we develop and use programs.