JAVA HISTORY

• Java is a general purpose,object oriented programming language.
• The fastest growing programming language in the history of computing.
• Developd 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 n 1994.
• OAK was renamed as "Java" in 1995.
• Redesignd in early 1995 with Internet application capabilities.
• Introduced in May,1995 and immediately supportd by the Netscape web browswer.
• 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 programmng language that is not tied to any particular hardware or operating system.
• Programs dveloped 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.