how its going and versions

18. Java: The Beginning
Revolutionary Start
Java 1.0: initial release in 1996
Continuous Evolution
Rapidly evolving language
Widespread Use
A cornerstone of modern software

19. Java 1.0 and 1.1
1 Java 1.0
First release, a
programming milestone
2 Java 1.1
Introduced library elements
3 Redefined
Redefined event handling

20. Java 2 (J2SE)
Swing GUI
Introduced Swing GUI library
Collections Framework
Added Collections Framework
JVM Enhancements
Improved Java Virtual Machine

21. J2SE 1.3 and 1.4
1
J2SE 1.3
Tightened development environment
2
J2SE 1.4
assert keyword
3
J2SE 1.4
Chained exceptions
4
J2SE 1.4
Channel-based I/O

22. J2SE 5 (Java 5)
Generics
Added Generics
Annotations
Introduced Annotations
Autoboxing
Autoboxing and Auto-unboxing
Concurrency
Concurrency utilities

23. Java SE 6 & SE 7
1
Java 7
Try-with-resources
2
Java 7
String in switch
3
Java 6
Incremental improvements

24. Java SE 8
Lambda
Lambda expressions
Streams
Stream API for collections
Default
Default methods in interfaces
Time
New Time/Date API