Hi Subil, On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Subil A <subil1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine in college from the ECE department told me he was > considering joining a Java course and asked me if there was scope for the > language. I didn't know how to answer that as I'm a clueless college > student myself. Java was once the best thing since sliced bread but is it > still the same? > Java still is relevant in this time. The JVM is an *insanely* robust virtual machine that is very performant. Its ability to do `java -jar <jar>` stands unrivaled. A prime area where Java stands tall is Android development. I'm sure we all know that the future is moving towards everything on the mobile -- and Android is leading the rat race to get there. Kotlin is making a foray into this area, sure; but Java is still the leader. Another thing to not forget is the ecosystem around this language. The java ecosystem is extremely mature with a large number of libraries. Be it embedded systems, web development or machine learning you can rest assured that Java has you covered. So my answer is: YES. It is very much the same and I don't see it fading out anytime soon. > So, fellow pythonistas in the industry, my question is: > Which languages/technologies, in your opinion, has scope in Chennai's IT > industry today? And in what niches (like embedded, medical and so on)? > - Web development: - Backends: Python, Ruby, Javascript, Java, C# - Frontend: Javascript (with Angular, React et al) - Data Sciences: - Python, Python, Python [...] I look forward to everyone else's input too. Great question, Subil! Regards, Shrayas
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