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May 21, 2022 |3.1K Views
Top 8 Reasons to Choose Java
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In this video, we will be covering the Top 8 Reasons to Choose Java.

1. Top Companies are using Java
- It is in the market for more than 20 yrs
- Around 10,008 companies use Java including Google, Facebook, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, etc

2. Great demand of Java Developers with Good Salary
- The average base pay for an entry-level Java developer is INR 5 LPA (according to glassdoor)

3. Huge Community Support that Java has
- According to StackOverflow (yr. 2021) survey on Most Popular Programming Language, Java was in Top 5
- Tiobe index ranked Java in 3rd position

4. Availability of Unlimited Resources to Learn
- Quality material & tutorials are available free of cost

5. Java has a Huge no. of Applications
- Java opens the door for multiple opportunities
- Java is used in Web, Desktop, Enterprise & Mobile applications

6. Powerful development tool available for Java
- Many IDEs such as Eclipse, and Netbeans are available for Java which provides functionalities like debugging, code-refactoring, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, etc that makes coding easy & faster.

7. Java has abundant APIs & multiple Open-source libraries
- APIs & Open-source libraries enable the programmer to use pre-written code

Examples: 
a) JDBC API which is used to connect to the databases
b) An Open-source library - Log4j is a Login library
c) JSON parsing libraries - JACKSON or JSON

8. Java is Portable
- You can develop & compile your Java code on any platform & run it on any other platform
- Write Once & Run Anywhere was the motto created by Sun Microsystems

Top Reasons to Learn Java: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-10-reasons-to-learn-java/

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