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Among developers who use Java, what share said they 'admire' working with it?

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18.3%

What share of all developers said they want to keep working with Java in the future ('desired')?

That gap between admiration and desire suggests Java is respected but not most developers' first choice for new projects.

Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024 (2024) survey.stackoverflow.co

over 850 million PCs

By 2010, Oracle said the Java Runtime Environment was installed on how many PCs worldwide?

Java's reach extended far beyond desktops, running on everything from phones to supercomputers.

Source: Wikipedia (Java software platform) (2010) en.wikipedia.org

3rd most popular

According to GitHub, where did Java rank among programming languages by popularity in 2022?

Java has stayed near the top of most language-popularity rankings for decades.

Source: Wikipedia (Java programming language) (2022) en.wikipedia.org

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What's the best use for Java?

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Which language would you recommend learning first?

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What's most annoying about Java?

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