Jul 02

Java Software Releases

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Year of release

Development
1996 JDK 1.0
1997 JDK 1.1
1998 SDK 1.2 (JDK renamed as SDK)
1999 SUN releases J2SE and J2EE
2000 J2SE  with  SDK 1.3
2002 J2SE  with  SDK 1.4
2004 J2SE 5.0  with  JDK 1.5
2006 Java SE 6 (or Java SE 1.6.0)

Java 2

  • There is no such thing as Java 2.0 yet.
  • The most recent version is 1.6. Java 1.2 contained significant changes to how graphical user interface elements are rendered in desktop applications with the addition of the Swing libraries (or Java Foundation Classes).
  • Three days after they released this version as 1.2, Sun thought that the change was so significant that they should start referring to is as Java 2. But 1.2 already had a foothold in the market, so both names stuck. As a consequence, Java 2 still refers to subsequent releases, such as 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5. 1.6  so on.

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