It can be used for just about anything except maybe low-level operating system stuff. "What should it be used for?" is a different question and depends at leas

It can be used for just about anything except maybe low-level operating system stuff. "What should it be used for?" is a different question and depends at least somewhat on your preferences. I go to Java when I want a desktop application that should be portable, doesn't need to be lightning fast, doesn't depend on any low level operating system stuff and that I don't mind losing pointers and memory management for. In other words, most of the time I'm writing a non-web application, I go to Java. I personally don't like using it for web stuff except where small applets are concerned. I've had issues with it (it including Java, JSP, etc) and generally find it to be too heavy and not practical for web development. But that's just my opinion.