History of Java

History Of Java:

1. 1991 – Created by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. It was first called Oak.

2. 1995 – Renamed Java and released publicly. The motto: “Write Once, Run Anywhere”.

3. Late 1990s – Java 1.0 and 1.1 introduced basic features for apps and the web.

4. Java 2 – Brought better GUI, enterprise tools, and mobile support.
   2004–2014 – Modern features added: generics, annotations, lambda expressions.

5.Today – Java is used in enterprise apps, Android, cloud computing, and keeps updating regularly.

6.OpenJDK is the reference implementation, free and open source.

7.Continues to evolve with every 6-month release cycle.