What is java

What is Java ?

Java is widely used programming language which has wide verity of applications such as desktop applications, Mobile Applications, Enterprise applications etc.

Java is a -

  1. Class Based and Object Oriended Programming Language
  2. Computing platform
  3. Fast, Secure, and Reliable.
  4. Free
  5. General Purpose
  6. Concurrent

Five primary goals in the creation of the Java language :

  1. It should be “simple, object-oriented and familiar”.
  2. It should be “robust and secure”.
  3. It should be “architecture-neutral and portable”.
  4. It should execute with “high performance”.
  5. It should be “interpreted, threaded, and dynamic”.

Some of the Versions of Java :

Java Version Release Date Year
JDK 1.0 January 21 1996
JDK 1.1 February 19 1997
J2SE 1.2 December 8 1998
J2SE 1.3 May 8 2000
J2SE 1.4 February 6 2002
J2SE 5.0 September 30 2004
Java SE 6 December 11 2006
Java SE 7 July 28 2011