History

Java

Java is general purpose, object oriented, high-level programming language. It is used to develop different applications that run in network, desktops, servers, and in embedded systems etc. By no means are the above mentioned areas exhaustive and we can say that java has applications in every sector in all environments.

History

·         In 1991, a research group working as part of Sun Microsystems's "Green" project was developing software to control consumer electronic devices. The goal was to develop a programming language that could be used to control and network "smart" devices, such as televisions, toasters, and even buildings. These devices would all coexist and communicate with one another.

·         Green project member James Gosling developed a new language called Oak to control the Star7 (a device of their intent similar to remote control that could communicate to other Star7 devices).

·         Sun later replaced the name with Java because Oak was already being used.

·         In 1994, the members of the Green project developed a World Wide Web (WWW) browser completely in Java that could run Java applets. The browser was originally called WebRunner, but is now known as HotJava.

·         In 1995, Netscape licensed the Java programming language and included support for it in its Navigator product.

·         In 1997, Sun released the Servlet API, which revolutionized server-side Web development.

·         In 1999, Sun released the first version of the Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification that included Java Server Pages (JSP) and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) in a highly distributed enterprise middleware.