Thread: Why Java?

We get these questions every once in a while, and there is not a good, polite way to answer it.

Java is used in many desktop applications, from simple GUIs to huge visual systems. From my personal experience, my job uses Java to create almost all of the frontends for many applications in the air traffic field. We only use C and C++ to support (a lot of) legacy stuff, and we don't use VB or C# for anything that I know of.

Java is also used to create many mobile applications. Chances are, if you have a cell phone, you use Java every day. With the rise of Android, that use is only going to increase.

I'm just getting into the JSP world (which is what I assume you meant by jasp), but I'm told that many sites (including LinkedIn) use it. A web-developer friend of mine told me that php does not scale as well as JSP does, and that pretty much every major website uses JSP.

If you want more information, I suggest a google search. Different places are going to use different tools for different jobs. Many places use Java. Many places don't. You saying that you couldn't find any importance of Java is like me saying that I couldn't find any importance of C#, or VB, or anything else I don't usually come into contact with. It's all anecdotal, which makes it frustrating to try to have a conversation about.

Originally Posted by sagar474

how many of the projects in your experience that take advantage of the platform independent feature of Java.

Again, this isn't a question that can really be answered. What are you looking for? A number? A percentage? There is no way to answer this with any accuracy. Why do you think you need to know this?

Originally Posted by sagar474

whatever you think. or give me an example if you can.

No, I'm saying that it's not really an answerable question. If I told you the answer was 50,000, what would you do with that information? Like I said, for more information, I would recommend a google search. Feel free to report back here with what you find.