is Java still alive?

JAVA is still alive and in a lot of demand even today. Many companies in my country deal with projects in JAVA. So at the moment I'm studying and trying to master JAVA so that getting a job would be easier. Even C# and .NET are in immense demand these days but so is JAVA equally. JAVA wouldn't die out that soon i think in my honest opinion. People learning JAVA i would suggest please continue to do so as its very very useful. My friends who are currently working are still working in JAVA.

It is very much alive and kicking, Quite a lot of web-based applications are still made using java. In fact I am still to find something more secure than EJB's. Hackers cant even get through its first layer. In fact you are probably not even aware of the extent of COBOL that is still used. A huge amount of mainframes technology is still largely dependent on using COBOL language. And it probably will remain like this atleast for quite a few more years. I do agree for applications development more of .net and such technologies are used but java is very much alive even more so than you can probably imagine.

The TIOBE Programming Community Index[1] puts Java at #1 (and has been constently at number one for some time) and C# down at 8. A number of other reports I've seen have shown the same thing, like more Java jobs (and better paided jobs) than C#. Personally - Learn the concepts and be dynamic. If Java goes belly up - so what. I'm sure I can pick up C# quickly enough. Then to find the C# varient of Guice and JUnit and I'm running. 1] http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

Java is very much alive and I do not think that it will vanish. Its a strong base and still has many potentials. .NET is emerging but many have emerged and have gone. So we really cannot predict. Java will be there always. This is what I feel. But I would also like to explore the .NET and compare it with Java. Hope Java stays and so does .Net.

hi Every thing can buildup on java.Donot thing about on this is not in life. Every Tool can developed upon them in java Ex.Sap,Testing Tools Languages.All the online site devloped on java advanced Technologies struts,jsp,Ejb,springs,ajaxs etc.Best choice is take a sufficient training in java and apply the jobs.Donot very on present Software Boom from the up comeing few months boom raising waiting until pasisness

OHBOY where have you been? (no offense) Sure Java is growing very much these days. It's taught on many universities along with C#, C, Python... You can WHOLE lot of things with it. (XML, DOM, SAX, SWING(GUI for Java)) People used to say that programs written in Java are slow. But this might have been true some time ago. But NOW it can make C# sweat.