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What pushes Java and keeps it thriving today are big data and Android. It also has an enormous library and framework ecosystem. As for language progress, think
by liquidcool 11y ago
What pushes Java and keeps it thriving today are big data and Android. It also has an enormous library and framework ecosystem.
As for language progress, think JVM, not Java. I program exclusively in Groovy. You also have Scala, JRuby, Clojure, and others that run great on the JVM and are more feature-rich than JS (even ES6).
Job market is entirely dependent on your locality. I'm an expert on California's tech job market, and even LA and Orange counties have very different job markets, different still from SV.