INTERESTING FACT ABOUT JAVA

  1. ITS ORIGINAL NAME WAS OAK
    While it might be difficult to the imagine, but the Java initially was called a much different name. The creator of the Java, James Gosling, who was working for the Sun Microsystems at the time, developed a new language for the creating programs. He named it after the oak tree that he saw the outside his office window. Later on, the name was changed to the Java.
  2. MICROCRAFT WAS FISRT WRITTEN IN JAVA
    Minecraft is one of the most popular video games of all that time. Its creator, Notch, first wrote the game in Java simply because it was the programming language that he was comfortable using. After Minecraft was acquired by the Microsoft, its new owner released a version in C++.
  3. IT TEACHES YOU TO THINK LIKE A PROGRAMMER
    There is a reason why most aspiring programmers start out by the learning Java. While its syntax might be a complicated at the times, it teaches students to the start thinking like programmers. In other words, it illustrates the types of problem-solving skills that will be useful to the students even when they go on to learning more complicated languages

4.THE MASCOT’S NAME IS “DUKE”
If you are familiar with the movie “Shrek,” then you have seen the work of the Joe Palrang. However, one can argue that he is more famous for “The Duke” than for Shrek because this mascot is prominently displayed in all the JavaOne conferences which are very popular among the developers.

  1. IT WAS ALL AN ACCIDENT
    We mentioned earlier how James Gosling, the creator of the Java, initially gave it a much different name. But it is even more humorous that the invention of the language itself was an accident. James Gosling, together with his team, was cleaning up C++ and ended up with an entirely new language as a result. On the other hand, we should not be too surprised since many devices that we use today such as the microwave, ink-jet printer, x-ray images, and many others have also been invented by accident.
  2. THE POPULARITY OF JAVA
    We all know that Java is a extremely popular, but can we quantify it? First of all, there are more than 9 million Java developers in the world, and it gets downloaded more than a billion times each year.
  3. THE ODDS OF GETTING A JOB ARE HIGH
    Since Java is so popular, there is an increasing demand for the programmers who are proficient with this language. In the fact, according to one of the most popular job search sites out there, indeed.com, Java is the top language for a new job postings. In fact, there were more than 60,000 vacancies for Java developers last year.

M.Aarthi B-Tech IT
Vivekananda College of engineering for women,
Namakkal,
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