The Technosphere is divided on its opinion on Java’s future. Programming languages erupt every now and then, some stay, make an indelible mark while others fade away. Java has been at the top of the value chain for a while now yet its future is shrouded in mystery. A faction of professionals feel that its glory days are behind with no major applications in the offing. Java uptake has been channelized majorly by Android but now that is shifting to Kotlin. Professionals like Chandra Sekhar Kondaveeti, who has led teams with an experience of almost two decades in analysis, design, development, testing and maintenance of java applications & products.
Chandra Shekhar said, “It is impossible to predict the longevity of a language with 100% accuracy but I can safely say it has stood the test of time. There are multiple legacy companies whose core code base is written in Java. These people will not trash all that overnight because it is a very expensive affair. At best they will build on top of that with new languages coming in”.
A Globee Judge on Artificial Intelligence and ARIIA- speaker & session chair, Chandra Sekhar Kondaveeti has worked with marquee organizations like Acentra health for United States Department of Labor (DOL), ACI infotech, Hexaware Technologies and Oracle. Kondaveeti said, “Java's future seems assured and it enjoys relevance in enterprise software, mobile development and more recently cloud. It is a versatile language which is vast and scalable too. Java has evolved and is compatible with cloud and AI. The language is lodging a strong demand and professionals working with Java can expect a wide range of opportunities”.
A Robust Ecosystem
A senior member of IEEE, Chandra Sekhar Kondaveeti strongly believes that Java is simply here to stay predominantly attributing to its robust ecosystem. It is still a language of choice for most developers when it comes to opting for a scalable language. He said, “The success of a language depends on its ecosystem and libraries. It is the community that gets it going. If a Java developer is stuck with a problem, then chances are that he will find the solution in the vast libraries, some other developer would have already addressed the issue”.
Legacy Enterprise Applications
He further stated with conviction that most legacy business applications are made with Java. “As long as these legacy technologies are relevant, I don’t see java going out of the market. The list is endless, such as IBM Infosphere, Apache Spark, Jenkins and Pentaho just to name a few.
Updated Features
Java is a language that is constantly updating itself with 2-3 new releases every year, consistently. Recipient of ICMR Best Research Achievement Award, Chandra Shekar said, “Infact some new languages such as Kotlin, Scala, Groovy etc did posit a few advantages but Java upgraded itself to include those advantages in its new feature releases. Just not that, Java also boasts of backward compatibility which very few languages have achieved”.
Cloud Support:
As an ardent believer of Java’s efficiency, Chandra Sekhar stated that the language has future-proofed itself by garnering cloud compatibility. He stated, “Java gravitated towards cloud compatibility for a while now, it’s been a front runner in aligning with cloud technologies. Its new releases include cloud-native development features. It is also absolutely at the forefront of microservices architecture development which is cloud’s default setting loosely put. Every scalable cloud application, even the more recent serverless computing platform, supports Java.
Big Move on Big Data
Java rules the roost when it comes to building scalable Big Data applications, especially with AI in the mix. Kondaveeti believes that python and C++ are close contenders as far as big data is concerned but Java still scores on scalability. It is Java’s strength that prevents Big Data systems from crashing.
“When it moved to cloud, Java packed a powerful punch by bringing in the robustness of big data processing power as well”, he remarked.
Java emerges as a strong, reliable language that is here to stay. Many languages come in as fads and pass on due to its lack of scalability or infrastructure for troubleshooting and maintenance issues. But Java keeps strengthening itself with cloud compatibility, Big Data, AI, multiple business applications and the works.
