The History of the Java Programming Language

What is java programming?

Java is a pure object-oriented programming language. Java is a high-level object-oriented programming language. Java is really a simple, reliable, portable, and powerful language.

The developer of Java:-

James Arthur Gosling (May 19, 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the father of the Java programming language.

James Gosling team: Patrick Naughton, Mike Sheridan.

Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s.

Earlier Name of Java: OAK.

OAK was renamed Java in 1994.

Java was publicly released on May 27, 1995.

Java was targeted at Internet development

Goals of Java programming language:

• It should be object-oriented
• A single representation of a program could be executed on multiple operating systems
• It should fully support network programming
• It should execute code from remote sources securely
• It should be easy to use.

History Of Java Programming Language:-

• Java is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems of the USA in 1991.Java is really a simple, reliable, portable, and powerful language.
• 1990 Sun Microsystems decided to developed special software that could be used to manipulate consumer devices. A team of Sun Microsystems programmers headed by James Gosling was formed to undertake this task.
• 1991 Team announced a new language named "Oak".
• 1992 Green Project teams demonstrated the application of their new language to control a list of home appliances using a hand-held device.
• 1993 The Green Project team came up with the idea of developing Web applets using the new language that could run on all types of computers connected to the Internet.
• 1994 Team developed a Hot Java to locate and run applet programs on the Internet.
• 1995 Oak was renamed "Java" due to some legal Complication.