Principles
There were five primary goals in the creation of the Java language:[15]
- It must be "simple, object-oriented, and familiar".
- It must be "robust and secure".
- It must be "architecture-neutral and portable".
- It must execute with "high performance".
- It must be "interpreted, threaded, and dynamic".
Versions
Main article: Java version history
As of 2015, only Java 8 is supported ("publicly"). Major release versions of Java, along with their release dates:
- JDK 1.0 (January 21, 1996)
- JDK 1.1 (February 19, 1997)
- J2SE 1.2 (December 8, 1998)
- J2SE 1.3 (May 8, 2000)
- J2SE 1.4 (February 6, 2002)
- J2SE 5.0 (September 30, 2004)
- Java SE 6 (December 11, 2006)
- Java SE 7 (July 28, 2011)
- Java SE 8 (March 18, 2014)
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