FACTS ABOUT JAVA

VERSION	CODE NAME	RELEASE DATE
JDK 1.1.4	Sparkler	Sept 12, 1997
JDK 1.1.5	Pumpkin	Dec 3, 1997
JDK 1.1.6	Abigail	April 24, 1998
JDK 1.1.7	Brutus	Sept 28, 1998
JDK 1.1.8	Chelsea	April 8, 1999
J2SE 1.2	Playground	Dec 4, 1998
J2SE 1.2.1	(none)	March 30, 1999
J2SE 1.2.2	Cricket	July 8, 1999
J2SE 1.3	Kestrel	May 8, 2000
J2SE 1.3.1	Ladybird	May 17, 2001
J2SE 1.4.0	Merlin	Feb 13, 2002
J2SE 1.4.1	Hopper	Sept 16, 2002
J2SE 1.4.2	Mantis	June 26, 2003
J2SE 5.0    (1.5.0)	Tiger	Sept 29, 2004

  JSE 1.6           Mustang          12-Dec-2006

  JSE 1.7           Dolphin           28-July-2011

  JSE 8.0           Lambda         Sept-2013

  JSE 9.0           ?                       2015

  JSE 10.0         ?                       2017

 

Language Principles

 

There were five primary goals in the creation of the Java language:

• It should be “simple, object-oriented and familiar”
• It should be “robust and secure”
• It should be “architecture-neutral and portable”
• It should execute with “high performance”
• It should be “interpreted, threaded, and dynamic”

Java Editions

 

There are four editions of Java defined and supported, targeting different application environments. The APIs are segmented so that they belong to one of the platforms. The platforms are:

• Java Card for smart cards.
• Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME)  targeting environments with limited resources.
• Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) targeting workstation environments.
• Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) targeting large distributed enterprise or Internet environments.

Mind blowing  facts about Android that you might not know 

Today Android is one of the most successful operating system for mobile and tablet. But many of the people who say that android is their favorite OS may not know the hidden facts of Android. Here are the some of the lesser known facts about Android operating system. 

1. Android was not a Google's Idea

Android is a brain child of Andy Rubin the founder of Android Inc. Andy founded the company in October 2003 to offer a new kind of mobile platform to the users. Google bought the company in the year 2005 and hired Andy Rubin to head the Android.

2. Android was about to close

After the company was founded it became difficult for the founder to keep it floating and carry out everyday business operations. It is said that Steve Perlman the technology legend saved the company by infusing much needed fund.

3. Microsoft thought Android is a Dud

After the release of Android Microsoft's Scott Horn, who was head of the Windows mobile marketing team back then underestimated Android by commenting, “I don't understand the impact they are going to have”.

4. Resolution scaling was introduce in version 1.6

For the first time in Donut and Android 1.6 feature like resolution scaling was introduced. This led to modern and more sophisticated version of android.

5. Android in Space

A British firm launched a Nexus one into space to control satellite as a part of experiment to see how consumer electronics works in the tough and rigorous condition of space.

6. The first code name for Android was only related to food

According to Google’s Dan Morrill the first Alpha version release of Android in 2007 internally was named as R2-D2