1. Java was developed by James Gosling in 1995, at Sun Micro Systems, which was later acquired by Oracle in 2010. It was originally called Oak, after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office. Later, it was renamed Green, and was finally renamed to Java, inspired by Java coffee. That's why it's logo looks like this:
2. There are four editions of Java for building different kind of applications. We have Java Standard Edition (SE), this is the core Java platform and contains all of the libraries that every Java developer must learn. We also have Java Enterprise Edition (EE), which is used to build very large-scale and distributed systems. It provides additional libraries for building Fault-tolerant, distributed multitude software. We also have Java Micro Edition (ME), which is a subset of SE, but it's designed for Java development for mobile devices. Finally, we also have Java Card, which is used in smart cars!
3. The latest edition of Java is Java SE 15, which released September of this year.
4. Java has close to 9 million developers worldwide, and currently 3 billion mobile phones run Java, as well as 120 million TV's, and EVERY blu-ray player. Java is everywhere!
5. According to indeed.com, the average salary of a Java developer is just over $100k in the USA, $101,929 to be precise. It isn't unusual for a Java developer in Silicon Valley to earn even more than that, that's just the average!
2. There are four editions of Java for building different kind of applications. We have Java Standard Edition (SE), this is the core Java platform and contains all of the libraries that every Java developer must learn. We also have Java Enterprise Edition (EE), which is used to build very large-scale and distributed systems. It provides additional libraries for building Fault-tolerant, distributed multitude software. We also have Java Micro Edition (ME), which is a subset of SE, but it's designed for Java development for mobile devices. Finally, we also have Java Card, which is used in smart cars!
3. The latest edition of Java is Java SE 15, which released September of this year.
4. Java has close to 9 million developers worldwide, and currently 3 billion mobile phones run Java, as well as 120 million TV's, and EVERY blu-ray player. Java is everywhere!
5. According to indeed.com, the average salary of a Java developer is just over $100k in the USA, $101,929 to be precise. It isn't unusual for a Java developer in Silicon Valley to earn even more than that, that's just the average!