Java Timeline - 10 years of Java.

1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005-- compiled by Jay.
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1995

March 23, 1995

Java is born. Father: James Goslings, Mother: Sun Microsystems.

May 23, 1995

Java Technology officially announced in SunWorld.

1996

January 23, 1996

JDK 1.0 release day

May 29, 1996

First JavaOne developer conference, JavaBeans, Servlets and other technologies announced.

October 25, 1996

First Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler announced.

October 29, 1996

Java Card API announced.

December 9, 1996

JDK 1.1 beta software released

1997

January 11, 1997

JavaBeans Development Kit released.

February 18, 1997

JDK 1.1 released.

March 4, 1997

Java Servlet Developers Kit released

March 10, 1997

JNDI API introduced.

April 2, 1997

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology announced

Java Foundation Classes (JFC) technology included in Java platform

1998

March, 1998

JFC/"Project Swing" shipped

March 24, 1998

Java Jumpstart product announced

EmbeddedJava spec posted for public review

April 20, 1998

Java Plug-inTM product shipped

June 3, 1998

Visa launches world's first smart card based on Java Card technology

July 22, 1998

JavaBlend 1.0 software shipped

November 5, 1998

Java 2 software port to Linux

EmbeddedJava spec complete

December 8, 1998

Java 2 platform shipped

Java Community Process (JCP) program formalized

1999

January 25, 1999

Jini technology announced

PersonalJava 3.0 platform ships

February 24, 1999

Java 2 platform source code released

March 4, 1999

XML support for Java platform unveiled

March 27, 1999

Java HotSpot performance engine unveiled

June 2, 1999

JavaServer Pages technology unveiled

June 15, 1999

Three editions of Java platform: J2SE, J2EE, J2ME announced

December 8, 1999

J2EE platform shipped

J2SE platform on Linux ships

2000

February 29, 2000

Java API for XML optional package ships

May 8, 2000

J2SE v. 1.3 platform released

May 17, 2000

J2SE v 1.3 platform for Apple Mac OS X

2001

February 26, 2001

J2EE Connector Architecture announced

March 8, 2001

J2EE Patterns Catalog released

March 14, 2001

Java Web Start 1.0 released

April 2001

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) SDK 1.3 beta released (EJB 2.0, JSP 1.2, servlet 2.3)

2002

January 28, 2002

Java Web Services Developer Pack (WSDP), Early Access Release 1

December 2002

J2EE 1.4 Beta released

2004

October 1, 2004

Tiger (Java 5.0) released!

2005

March 23, 2005

Java 10th Anniversary.





Resources:

About Java The Java Platform: Five Years in Review
The History of Programming Languages
Feature Stories About Java Technology
JAVA TECHNOLOGY: THE EARLY YEARS A brief History of the Green Project
Site map Sun Java, J2EE - News and Articles