Azul CTO: Java at 30 Still Rules Enterprise Dev

Azul CTO: Java at 30 Still Rules Enterprise Dev

The Java programming language turned 30 today. And 30 years after its debut, Java remains the champion of enterprise software development, defying decades of predictions about its demise and continuing to power the world’s most critical business applications. “Java has by far the best track record answer to that,” Gil Tene, co-founder and CTO of Azul Systems, told The New Stack when asked about long-term application maintainability. “You can hir…

Java at 30 Years Old: An Industry Perspective

Java is 30. Given the “age” of this occasionally ubiquitous technology today, how does the technology industry itself feel about it?

Java at 30: What's next for the world's most enduring programming language? [Q&A]

As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it's a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity -- or the impact -- of a language first launched in 1995. Today, Java continues to underpin much of modern software development, from cloud-native systems to enterprise-scale applications. To mark this milestone, we caught up with Dewan Ahmed, principal developer advocate at Harness. Dewan, whose work focuses on empowering DevOps…

Presented thirty years ago, Java is one of the most well-known and most important programming languages. Many of the principles introduced are still valid.