<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Java was launched in 1990 by Sun Microsystems with the mission of creating a universal programming language for diverse devices.</li><li>Initially named Oak, the language was later rebranded as Java, inspired by Indonesian coffee.</li><li>Legal battles with Microsoft arose over Microsoft's deviations from Java specifications in their MSJVM.</li><li>Java 1.0 debuted in 1996, marking its emergence as a platform-independent, versatile tool.</li><li>J2SE 1.2 introduced innovations like strictfp, Swing, Collections Framework, and JIT compilation.</li><li>IntelliJ IDEA revolutionized Java IDEs with advanced features and went open-source in 2009.</li><li>Eclipse emerged in 2001 as a modular and extensible IDE for Java, becoming popular in the Java community.</li><li>Spring was introduced in 2004 as a lightweight alternative to Java EE, gaining popularity for its simplicity and flexibility.</li><li>Apache Maven, released in 2008, revolutionized project builds with declarative POM files.</li><li>Gradle, also in 2008, offered a modern build automation tool with flexibility and script readability.</li></ul>

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