2. What will you learn today?
What is Java?
Reason for it’s Popularity
How Java works?
How Edureka’s Java, JEE & SOA course helps?
3. What is Java?
Java is a computer programming language that is
» Object-oriented
» Helps to achieve platform independence
Developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1994
4. Java Evolution
JDK 1.0
(Java 1)
Jan 21,
1996
JDK 1.1
(Java 1)
Feb 19,
1997
J2SE
1.2
(Java 2)
Dec 8,
1998
J2SE 1.3
(Kestrel)
J2SE
1.4
(Merlin)
May 8,
2000
Feb 6,
2002
J2SE 5.0
(Tiger)
Sep 30,
2004
Java SE 6
(Mustang)
Dec 11,
2006
Java SE 7
(Dolphin)
July 28,
2011
Java SE 8
(Java 8)
Mar 18,
2014
To check version use command “java –version”
5. Where is Java used?
Mobile Phone (Android Apps)
Data Science & Big Data (Apache Hadoop, Solr, Hive)
Web (Apache Tomcat) & Application Servers (WildFly, GlassFish)
Database Connectors (for MySQL, Oracle, etc.)
Java has been used to develop frameworks like:
» Apache projects including Hadoop, Lucene
» Elastic Search
6. Reasons for Java’s Popularity
Excellent community support in forums like StackOverflow, JavaRanch, etc.
Most open source software are Java based, this lead to a virtuous cycle of higher
adoption rate
Rich language library support that eases development