History of Java

  • Java is a Programming Language and platform
  • Developed by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton at Sun Microsystems now Oracle
  • First version of Java 1.0 released in 1995
  • This language was initially called oak and later Green and finally Java as Java coders are fond of Java Coffee
  • On November 13th 2006 Sun declared Java as Free and Open Source Software
  • You can download Java from internet and try from your PC without spending your money.
  • The current version of Java is Java 7.0
  • Java is a Object Oriented Language
  • Learning Java is simple and fun