History of Java.

The history of Java is very interesting. Java was originally designed for the interactive television, but it was too advanced for the digital cable television industry at the time. The history of Java starts with the Green Team. Java team members (also known as Green Team), initiated this project to develop a language for digital devices such as set-top boxes, televisions, etc. However, it was best suited for internet programming. Later, Java technology was incorporated by Netscape.

James Gosling pioneered Java in June 1991 as a project called ‘Oak.’ Gosling aimed to develop a virtual machine and language with a well-known notation like C, but with more precision and simplicity than C/C++.

 

Java Timeline

JDK 1.0 was released on January 23, 1996. After the first release of Java, there have been many additional features added to the language. Now Java is being used in Windows applications, Web applications, enterprise applications, mobile applications, cards, etc. Each new version adds new features in Java. 

Java 1.0 was the first public execution. It pledged ‘Write Once, Run Anywhere’ on popular platforms with free runtimes. It was very safe and configurable with security that restricted network and file access. In a stable ‘applet’ setup, the significant web browsers soon implemented it in their standard settings.

In 1997, Sun reached out to the ISO/IEC JTC1 and then Ecma International to formalize Java, but they quickly withdrew. Java continues to be a de facto proprietary standard regulated by the Java Community Process. With the revenue generated by new vision such as the Java Enterprise Framework, Sun made several Java implementations free of charge. The critical difference is that the compiler is not present in the JRE, which differentiates between its Software Development Kit (SDK) and JRE (JRE).

On 13 November 2006, Sun launched a considerable amount of Java in the GNU General Public License as free and open-source software (GPL) (GPL). 

On 8 May 2007, Sun completed the process by releasing a fully accessible, all free and open-source Java’s core code, except for a small portion of the code that Sun did not copyright.