Technology blogs for Developers by Developer.

Check this article to known about java history. I am sure it will be interesting for you. JDK Version 1.0 First version released on 23 Jan 1996. Code named as OAK. JDK Version 1.1 Released on 19 Feb 1997. Major features are: JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Inner classes Java beans RMI (Remote Method Invocation) Reflection (introspection only JDK Version 1.2 Releases on 08 Dec 1998. Code named as  Playground. Java String memory map for constants. Collections Framework Just in Time (JIT) Compiler Jar Signer for signing Java Archive (JAR) files. Policy Tool for granting access to system resources. Java Plug-in Audio support in Applets. Scrollable result sets, BLOB, CLOB, batch update, user-defined types in JDBC. Java Foundation Classes (JFC) which consists of Swing 1.0, Drag and Drop, and Java 2D class libraries. JDK Version 1.3 Releases on 08 May 2000. Code name