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Java Tech Popularity Index Q1/2024

Developer job ads down 32% this year, Stack Overflow questions dropped 55% since ChatGPT. I now recommend IntelliJ Community Edition – because AI code…

May 2 •

November 2023

Java Tech Popularity Index Q4/2023

Monthly Stack Overflow questions lost 42% since ChatGPT (JavaScript -56%, Python -59%). Udemy's first-time Python course purchases beat Java 7.1M to 2M…

Nov 28, 2023 •

September 2023

Java Tech Popularity Index Q3/2023 (How to Build Java Applications Today #75)

Developer ads down by ~25% in 2023. Spring Boot back to 500% of Jakarta EE job ads, while Quarkus & Micronaut rose again. Monthly number of Stack…

Sep 17, 2023 •

May 2023

How to Build Java Applications Today #74 (Java Tech Popularity Index Q2/2023)

All back-end frameworks lost job ad share to Jakarta EE. VS Code was #2 in IDE job ads. React still only had a slim job ads lead over Angular. Python…

May 2, 2023 •

March 2023

How to Build Java Applications Today #73

There’s no issue this month as I switched my newsletter from monthly to quarterly. Why? Because I can’t spend as much time on this newsletter anymore.

Mar 1, 2023 •

February 2023

How to Build Java Applications Today #72

Java had patch releases, we can now write command-line interfaces with Java, and this book will save IntelliJ users tons of time.

Feb 1, 2023

January 2023

How to Build Java Applications Today #71

Scala beats Kotlin in job ads, Quarkus & Micronaut steady as #3 & #4 in job ads, Java InfoQ Trends Report 2022, Eclipse 2022-12, and one in five Java…

Jan 4, 2023 •

December 2022

How to Build Java Applications Today #70

Spring Boot 3 brings Java 17, Jakarta EE 9, and native Java with GraalVM, Spring Modulith structures Spring Boot 3 applications with modules & events…

Dec 7, 2022 •

November 2022

How to Build Java Applications Today #69

Java got security patches, 7 security vulnerabilities, we are 10 million Java developers, Spring bets on Gradle, and view Devoxx Belgium talks.

Nov 1, 2022 •

October 2022

How to Build Java Applications Today #68

Java 19, Java lost 20% of job ads, Quarkus & Micronaut now #3 & #4 in job ads, Spring Boot 3 ships in November & delays Java Module support, Jakarta EE…

Oct 8, 2022 •

September 2022

How to Build Java Applications Today #67

See me talk at JAX London, I interviewed James Ward for InfoQ, Java patch updates, major releases for Quarkus, Micronaut, NetBeans, and VS Code, and…

Sep 7, 2022 •

August 2022

How to Build Java Applications Today #66

Technology Index on the front page, Java patch updates, major releases for Gradle and IntelliJ, Microsoft joins Jakarta EE and MicroProfile Working…

Aug 3, 2022 •

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