Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Learn Java
Java is one of the most fundamental programming languages that anyone can pick up. It is so simple at the same time, the possibility of what you can develop using Java, is infinite! This is what makes Java the most widely used language in the industry today with Java Certification being a key skill that employers constantly look out for. Through this blog, I will be listing down the top 10 reasons to learn Java.
- Java’s Popularity & High Salary
- Java is Portable & Versatile
- Java is an Object-Oriented Programming Language
- Demand: Java is everywhere
- Java Development Tools
- Java Applications
- Tons of resources & Community Support
- Java EE & its rich API
- Java New Features
- Java is easy & Open Source
Let’s get started by understanding all the above points in reverse order.
10. Java is Easy & Open Source
At number 10, Java is extremely easy and open source. It supports FLOSS philosophy where you don’t have to pay a single penny to write codes in Java.
So what are the reasons that contribute to its simplicity? Java is:
- Concurrent: Easy to process your data parallelly
- Platform Independent (WORA): Write Once and Run Anywhere
- Open Source: Create Java applications at absolutely no cost
- Robust: Strong memory management
- Interpreted
- High Performance
- Secured
- Dynamic
Furthermore, Java has made our life easier by removing all the complexities such as pointers, operator overloading as you see in C++ or any other programming language.
9. Java New Features
The release of Java 9, 10 and its features is a milestone in the Java ecosystem. I have picked up a few new Java9 features, which I feel are worth knowing about.
The very first is the project Jigsaw. The main aim of this project is to introduce the concept of modularity, support for creating modules and then apply the same to JDK.
Also, the REPL tool has been introduced which makes it quite easy to try different features. Along with that, you also have Jshell scripting where you can actually write this in a single go and thereby making it quite easy.
So these new additions to Java help you to write simple code and test them up.
8. Java EE & its Rich API
Now the reason API is quite popular, it becomes very easy for a programmer to build an application as well as use different technologies without actually knowing how their internal implementation works out.
- Coming to Java API, it has no issues with compatibility and it handles a wide set of procedures and functions.
- Also, you’ll be impressed that, there are over 4,500 APIs available for developers.
- It provides API for I/O, networking, utilities, XML parsing, DB connection and almost everything!
You can go through the complete list of Java API’s that are associated as part of Java 10 here.
7. Tons of Resources & Community Support
Java as a programming language is Omnipresent, which means it is present everywhere, starting from your phone to your setup box, to satellites as well.
So, there is a huge job opportunity once you grasp Java completely.
Then Java has a wonderful support community. So learning is not at all a problem with Java.
You have numerous resources available online that can act as your perfect companion, along with a support community. You have multiple forums, where all the doubts or errors related to Java are answered.
6. Java Applications
Well as I have mentioned above, Java is everywhere and it has an ocean of opportunities!
Now, let me take you through some of the technologies which make use of Java. Here I have selected some of the influenced domains which use Java.
- Develop web application & its popular frameworks(Spring, hibernate etc.)
- Java is used in Android APP development
- Java is used to test your web application using various automation testing tools. Ex: Selenium, QTP which is used to automate web applications and perform testing using Java.
- Big Data technology: Hadoop MapReduce framework is written in Java
- Used in Scientific & Research Communities to handle a huge amount of data
5. Java Development Tools
Now you have many powerful development tools in which you can do Java programming.
Some of the popular Java development tools are:
1. Netbeans
2. IntelliJ
3. Eclipse
4. Android Studio
All of the above tools not only help you in the code writing process but it also offers high-level debugging to the programmers.
4. Java is Everywhere
Java is all over the place, it’s on the desktop, it’s on mobile, and everywhere! Here I have listed down few departments where Java has been explicitly used:
- Banking: To deal with transaction management
- Information Technology: Solve implementation dependencies and this is the domain that hires most of the Java developers.
- Stock market: To write algorithms as to which company they should invest in
- Financial services: Java is used in server-side applications
So, it is not limited to just one domain! Also, it is being used by many big giants such as Google, Philips, CapitalOne, Accenture, Uber and many more.
So, you can be completely assured that Java is not going anywhere soon!
3. Java is an OOPS Language
Most popular programming languages like Java, C++, C#, Ruby, etc. follow an object-oriented programming paradigm.
Object-Oriented Programming is a programming style that is associated with the concepts such as:
1. Classes
2. Objects
3. Inheritance
4. Encapsulation
5. Polymorphism
An object-based application in Java is based on declaring classes, creating objects from them and interacting between these objects. Hence, Java Being an Object Oriented Programming language, the concepts of Java are highly relatable.
2. Portable & Versatile
Java is extremely portable as well as a versatile language. By portable, I mean Java can be used across various platforms. Being an open-source programming language, it is platform-independent across OS. As its famous tagline says “Write Once and Run Anywhere”, you can run Java bytecode on any hardware that has a compliant JVM. For example, you can simply write your code or create Java applications in a Windows environment and run on any other environment, let’s say Linux etc.
Next, Java is said as one of the most versatile languages. Now, there are many reasons behind it. First of all, it has dynamic coding, all the codes are organized and stored in an object-oriented format known as classes. Then it is highly secured. Next, it can easily work with different resources across a network. This makes Java network-concentric and a language that is not going out of date anytime soon.
Next coming to last but not the least is Java’s popularity & high SALARY!
1. Java’s Popularity & High Salary
Java developers are the ones who acquire high paying jobs in the industry. The average Java Developer earns around 110,000$ per year in the United States.
Apart from this, you can refer to this TIOBE programming index for all the present trending programming languages.
So, here you can see how Java has dominated this field from the early 2000s to the present 2021. This in itself should give you an idea of how popular Java is and how widely it is being used in the industry. If you wish to check out more articles on the market’s most trending technologies like Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, Ethical Hacking, then you can refer to Edureka’s official site.
Do look out for other articles in this series that will explain the various other aspects of Java.
1. Object Oriented Programming
5. Java String
6. Java Array
8. Java Threads
9. Introduction to Java Servlets
11. Exception Handling in Java
14. Java Programs
15. Kotlin vs Java
16. Dependency Injection Using Spring Boot
22. Socket Programming In Java
25. Library Management System Project in Java
26. Trees in Java
28. Top Data Structures & Algorithms in Java
30. Top 55 Servlet Interview Questions
34. Java Collections Interview Questions and Answers
35. How to Handle Deadlock in Java?
36. Top 50 Java Collections Interview Questions You Need to Know
37. What is the concept of String Pool in Java?
38. What is the difference between C, C++, and Java?
39. Palindrome in Java- How to check a number or string?
40. Top MVC Interview Questions and Answers You Need to Know
41. Top 10 Applications of Java Programming Language
42. Deadlock in Java
43. Square and Square Root in Java
Originally published at https://www.edureka.co on October 23, 2019.
