Code signing killed Web Start for anything but big $$$ projects. And asking people to download an application and run it with full privileges is a huge barrier

Code signing killed Web Start for anything but big $$$ projects. And asking people to download an application and run it with full privileges is a huge barrier to entry. Contrast with the web deployment model: * Deploy with a free SSL certificate * Click Once, Run Anywhere (CORA) Luckily for Java fans, you can make great Java apps for the modern web. Tools like TeaVM (and its Flavour toolkit for SPAs) make it possible. Code in Java, bind to real HTML templates, compose your app out of reusable HTML components, style with CSS. All the benefits of the modern web, with a single strongly-typed language top-to-bottom. * TeaVM: https://teavm.org https://teavm.org * Real 5-letter word app made with TeaVM/Flavour: https://frequal.com/wordii/ https://frequal.com/wordii/ * Migration Guide from Swing to TeaVM: https://frequal.com/TeaVM/migration/MigratingFromSwingToTeaVm.html https://frequal.com/TeaVM/migration/MigratingFromSwingToTeaV... * Java Magazine article on TeaVM: https://blogs.oracle.com/javamagazine/post/java-in-the-browser-with-teavm https://blogs.oracle.com/javamagazine/post/java-in-the-brows...