Java 6 made significant strides in improving the look, feel, and performance of Swing applications.
The headline for Java 6 could easily be: "No new keywords, but everything works better."
Java SE 6 was a stability and usability milestone. By including scripting support, JDBC 4.0, and web services standards directly in the JDK, it reduced the dependency on external libraries and significantly streamlined enterprise and desktop development workflows. It is also notable for being the version where Sun Microsystems began the process of open-sourcing Java (OpenJDK).
When Java SE 6 (codenamed Mustang ) was released in December 2006, the tech world was a very different place. The iPhone was still six months from launch, Windows Vista was a month away, and multi-core processors were just becoming mainstream. Yet, amidst this shifting landscape, Java SE 6 arrived not with a bang, but with a quiet, steady hum—and it would go on to become one of the longest-serving and most widely deployed Java versions in history.
Java 6 made significant strides in improving the look, feel, and performance of Swing applications.
The headline for Java 6 could easily be: "No new keywords, but everything works better."
Java SE 6 was a stability and usability milestone. By including scripting support, JDBC 4.0, and web services standards directly in the JDK, it reduced the dependency on external libraries and significantly streamlined enterprise and desktop development workflows. It is also notable for being the version where Sun Microsystems began the process of open-sourcing Java (OpenJDK).
When Java SE 6 (codenamed Mustang ) was released in December 2006, the tech world was a very different place. The iPhone was still six months from launch, Windows Vista was a month away, and multi-core processors were just becoming mainstream. Yet, amidst this shifting landscape, Java SE 6 arrived not with a bang, but with a quiet, steady hum—and it would go on to become one of the longest-serving and most widely deployed Java versions in history.