Java Versions, Features and History
JDK Version 1.0
Codenamed Oak and released on January 23, 1996.
JDK Version 1.1
Released on February 19, 1997
New features in JDK 1.1
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
Inner Classes
Java Beans
RMI (Remote Method Invocation)
Reflection (introspection only)
J2SE Version 1.2
Code named Playground and released on December 8, 1998.
New features in J2SE 1.2
Collections framework.
Java String memory map for constants.
Just In Time (JIT)...
Java History
Green Project
January, 1991
Project named “Green Project” was started. Green project’s goal was
to support home consumer devices. Consumer devices to be made
intelliegent so they can interact with each other and they can be
controlled via a remote. Bill Joy, James Gosling, Mike Sheradin, Patrick
Naughton were the key members of the Green Project.
Oak
February, 1991
James Gosling was the software lead and architect. His initial...
Programming language overview
Programming language overview
As we are going to start learning Java, which is a programming language. So, let us have a brief look at programming language first.
What is language?
A way of communication is known as language. e.g. Hindi, English etc.
What is a Program?
A set of instructions which is used to perform a specific task.
What is a Programming Language?
An artificial language used to write programs which can be translated into machine language and executed by computer...