The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

In 1995 the Java language hit the scene, rapidly rose to popularity and is widely considered the most popular programming language in existence today. I put its success down to three reasons.

In brief: According to the Tiobe index of language popularity, the gap between Java and C# is so small that if the current trends remain unchanged, C# will overtake Java in about two months.

A brief history of Java. Depending on who you ask, Java is either the most popular or second-most-popular programming language in the world.. Huge chunks of Amazon, Google, Netflix, PayPal, and ...

Java, the programming language, isn’t even 30 years old yet, but the history of the word goes back several centuries, to a time when coffee trees were plentiful in Indonesia and people were ...

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

Java is still ranked as the most popular programming language in indexes like Tiobe. However, snapping at its heels these days are JavaScript and Python, which developers are increasingly using to ...