Beginning of java

Beginning of java

In December of 1990 James Gosling other team members started a project "Green" for microprocessors that run on different platform like windows, Macintosh, Linux.

They began work in a small office on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. This team came to be called the Green Team henceforth in time.

Initially, they started to develop the project in C++, but they faced many problems in C++ compiler regarding with different platform. So that time, James Gosling started working on a new language called Oak which was later in 1995 renamed as Java.

Introduced in 1996 for the Solaris, Windows, Mac OS Classic and Linux, Java was initially released as the Java Development Kit 1.0 (JDK 1.0). This included the Java runtime (the virtual machine and the class libraries), and the development tools (e.g., the Java compiler). Later, Sun also provided a runtime-only package, called the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The first name stuck, however, so usually people refer to a particular version of Java by its JDK version (e.g., JDK 1.0).

Today, Java powers the applications and devices that rich our day-to-day lives. From mobile phones to handheld devises, games and navigation systems to e business solutions, Java is everywhere.

There have been significant changes to Java since the first version, called JDK 1.0, was released. Newer versions of Java include 8 and 12. The language has grown much bigger as new features have been introduced in subsequent versions.