2. What is Java?
Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by
Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will
not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is
fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to
scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!
3. Java Version History
There are many java versions that has been released.
Current stable release of Java is Java SE 8.
• JDK Alpha and Beta
(1995)
• JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan, 1996)
• JDK 1.1 (19th Feb, 1997)
• J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec, 1998)
• J2SE 1.3 (8th May, 2000)
• J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb, 2002)
• J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep, 2004)
• Java SE 6 (11th Dec, 2006)
• Java SE 7 (28th July, 2011)
• Java SE 8 (18th March,
2014)
4. Hello World.java
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window. System.out.println("Hello, World");
}
}
5. Compilation of Java Project
Save to C:Program FilesJavajdk1.6.0_27bin.
Open CMD
Find the project by typing
