[amm]

It depends on the project.

Java is the goto language in more conservative environments (e.g. insurance, banking, government) and I never had to justify using it there.

In small shops/startups it’s different. Hype is a real thing and running your backend on “25 year old tech” often does not attract the right kind of people you need to have in this space ;^).

That being said, I’ve been shipping stable and performant backends on the JVM for over 15 years and I could not be happier with the state of Java in 2019.

The ecosystem is amazing. Tooling, too. Talent and jobs are available everywhere.

Also, there is an active effort to modernise Javas syntax and I think it’s going into the right direction.

[Roboprog]

I don’t understand why you got voted down.

I don’t have the enthusiasm for Java I did 20 years ago (the alternate for employment in Sacramento was largely C++ back then, mind you), but I think what you said is accurate.

Personally, I want to see Java retire, but downvoting people who are pointing out legitimate benefits, even if there are counter points to be made, seems rude.