History & Introduction of Java Language

Java is one of the most popular as well as a widely-used programming language in the world now.Java is a high level and object-oriented programming language originally developed by James Gosling in 1995.

He started this "Java Language Project" in 1991 and released the first public implementation in 1995. "Oak" was the first given name for this language but later it was named "Java".

James Gosling

Sun Microsystem released much of Java as free and open-source software under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL). But on 8th May 2007, Sun Microsystems released Java's core code as free & open-source software property for the public.

What is Java?

Now the Java is owned by Oracle Corporation. Java can be considered as the most used programing language all over the world because 3 Billion devices run using Java.

Java is used for:                                               

• Desktop Applications                          
• Mobile Applications (Android)
• Web Application
• Web Server & Application Servers
• Database Connections
• Game Developments

Why we use Java?

• Java is free & Open Source.
• Java can run on any platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc).
• One of the most popular and widely used languages in the world
• Easy to learn and simple to use.
• Java users have Huge community support (Millions of developers all around the world).
• Java is powerful, secure, and fast.
• Java is an object-oriented language, so the programmers can maintain a clear structure within the applications and codes can be reused. (Reduce the code complexity)