Introduction

Java is the most popular programming language in the world, and it has been around for more than 20 years. It’s still growing, with an estimated 1 billion apps being written using Java every year. If we look deeper into this number, we can see that many of these apps are written in Source-to-Source (S2S) mode by developers who only want to use the functionality provided by Java SE (Standard Edition).

It has a great future.

Java has a great future. It's used by millions of developers, and most of those developers use it in their day-to-day jobs. Java is the most popular programming language in the world, with over 250 million active installations as of 2018. The platform also has a strong community and ecosystem: there are thousands of open source projects available for free or under a permissive license that build on top of Java itself (for example, Spring), as well as commercial offerings from companies like Oracle and others that bring new functionality to your code base

. Java is also a very well-supported language, with a huge range of tools and frameworks available that can help you build your application quickly and easily. It's not hard to find examples of large-scale applications written in Java; Netflix (streaming video), Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Google (Internet search) and many others all rely on the platform for their backends.

With the release of Java 9 in September, Oracle has changed the game by introducing modularity in the JDK.

The release of Java 9 in September, Oracle has changed the game by introducing modularity in the JDK. Modularity is a new way of building and deploying applications that allows developers to break up their code into smaller pieces that they can reuse throughout their apps.

Java 9 is a major update to Java, adding lots of new features and functionality while also making it easier for developers who haven't used any other versions of Java before (like me). As part of this release, Oracle introduced modularity into the JDK itself by implementing automatic modules—a feature that allows packages within a module to be automatically deployed when someone runs their app on another machine without needing them added manually afterwards!

If there were no plans to support Java beyond 2030, people would have stopped using it by now.

If there were no plans to support Java beyond 2030, people would have stopped using it by now.

Java is used in many industries and is a mature language that has been around for a long time. It's also widely used by companies large and small—Oracle still supports the platform and continues to publish updates for Java SE 8 (which was released in 2017).

The community around Java is strong, which means that there's an abundance of resources available on how to use it effectively. There are plenty of books about building software with their specific libraries or frameworks; you can find sample code online; and most importantly, there are thousands upon thousands of developers who know how to write efficient code within their own particular scope/industry/company constraints so that they can build great products faster than ever before!

Even though Oracle will stop supporting Java 8, many companies will continue to use Java 8 because of legacy projects and enterprise support.

Even though Oracle will stop supporting Java 8, many companies will continue to use Java 8 because of legacy projects and enterprise support.

Java 9 was released in September 2018 after several months of development. It's the latest version of the language and supports modularity (a feature that allows you to write code with smaller packages or components). This means that developers can create apps more easily by breaking them up into smaller pieces that are easier to maintain over time as they grow in complexity.

Oracle’s new long-term support model hasn’t affected anything.

Oracle has changed the model for Java SE support. In previous releases, they provided new features in a new release every 6 months. For example, Java SE 8 was released in 2013 and was supported until 2023.

In contrast, with Java SE 9 being released this year (2019), Oracle will provide new features in a new release every 6 months instead of every six years—so far they've been doing this with each major version release since 2011 when they announced their plan to do it. This means that if you're using an older version of Java SE than what's currently on your machine then you'll have to upgrade before getting those new features once again!

The first release of Java SE 9 was in January 2017, which means that it's now just over 2 years old. The next version is scheduled for release later this year (2019) and will be called Java SE 10.

In the future, we could see Java without a JVM and without a garbage collector.

In the future, we could see Java without a JVM and without a garbage collector.

Java is a programming language that has been around since 1995. It's used to develop applications for mobile phones and desktops as well as web applications, desktop applications and server-side apps. Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems but now Oracle owns it (along with other open source projects like OpenJDK).

Java offers some unique advantages over other languages such as C or C++: It can run on every platform (including Android), runs in memory instead of requiring an operating system kernel etc., but this flexibility comes at a cost: While it's easy enough to learn how to program in Java once you get past your first couple hundred lines of code (or maybe even just one), there are still plenty of things about working with it that require patience and practice before becoming comfortable - especially if you want something more advanced than what's offered out-of-the-box by default!

We can expect more changes in the JDK to make it compact, faster and easier to use.

With the release of JDK 9 and other recent updates, we can expect more changes in the JDK to make it compact, faster and easier to use. The new features include:

  • New tools such as jshell for interactive scripting;

  • New APIs like lambdas (a functional programming construct) that allows you to write code with fewer lines of code compared to using Java 8;

  • New ideas such as Project Jigsaw which aims at simplifying web app development by providing modularity features such as components or modules which allow developers to create their own application without having knowledge about how they work together with each other

Conclusion

In conclusion, I think that Java will still be around for a long time. It’s a great language with a rich history, which is why there are so many open source libraries available. The future looks bright for those who want to learn more about Java 8 and beyond!