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Is Java still in use?

by lcarsos Dec 8, 2008 1:19PM PST

I attend a High School where the AP Computer Science class is focused entirely on programming in Java. From looking at the open positions on many web 2.0 sites I hardly find a single Java only, or Java focused position. Am I wrong in thinking that Java is becoming one of technologies dead languages?

If I am correct in thinking this, what would be a good replacement language for them to start teaching? From my own experiences with Java I find that it's annoying, buggy, and when launched won't close until the computer is restarted. The only real up-front function I've found for it is a quick and dirty physics simulator for those 1980's looking websites, and even then I've run into some very well made Flash simulators which work better and don't eat my (or the school's) system resources.

Thank you in advance.

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Hmm

by Nicholas Buenk Dec 8, 2008 2:16PM PST

From what I've heard it's most common use these days is on server backends for web 2.0 stuff or online stores. But I don't really know what it's market share is.

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Yeah, it is

by DaveBinM Dec 8, 2008 2:51PM PST

My University's interactive and online system is made using Java, and is essential to both my, and other, universities.

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I know this is silly...

by Slikkster Dec 8, 2008 10:47PM PST

But Pogo.com uses Java for all of its games. I know this because I spent several hours this weekend helping a family friend with "Java is not present or there's a problem" errors with it!

On a more pertinent note, I found an article (two years old now) from O'Reilly asking the question about which programming language is being used the most for AJAX development. Java wins out by far. So, don't poo poo it.

Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/09/languages_used_in_ajax_develop.html

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