Whether we're talking Analytics, Big Data, Cloud, NoSQL, Continuous Integration and Deployment, Mobile computing or Minecraft, Java is at the nexus of the mass convergence of trends we're currently seeing in tech. It's still fashionable in Web developer circles to dismiss Java the language, but its not going anywhere, and the JVM as we know it goes from strength to strength. In this talk James Governor will look to put the return of Java into context, with both stories, and quantitative data.

1. How Java Got Its Mojo Back
10.20.2005
November 2011

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3. “As a citizen primarily of the Web, I can’t
help but notice that in recent years, its
interesting bits (Facebook, Wikipedia,
Twitter, 37 Signals, Ravelry) are largely not
being built in Java.”
Tim Bray, Ongoing, July 2010
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4. Forrester's Mike Gualtieri
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5. Java Turns Grey
Source: Statwing
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6. vs C/C++
Java vs C / C++ monthly commits [Ohloh]
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7. True, But…
Java vs JavaScript monthly commits [Ohloh]
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8. And this
Java vs JavaScript monthly contributors [Ohloh]
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9. And this
Java vs JavaScript monthly projects [Ohloh]
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10. Language Fragmentation
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11. The 2013 Landscape
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12. The 2013 Jobs
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13. The List Traffic Trending
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14. The Projects
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15. The Relevance
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16. vs
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17. The Role
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18. The Awesome UI
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19. The Usage
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20. Has Java Peaked?
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21. When Web Companies Grow Up
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22. Hadoop is Eating the World
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23. Java is Still The
Engineer’s
Choice
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24. Yet
Frameworks
Matter
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25. The RedMonk Top 5
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2.
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5.
JavaScript
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
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26. The RedMonk Top 5
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5.
JavaScript (Node.js)
Java
PHP
Python (Django)
Ruby (Rails)
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27. Compare with
InfoQ: “Top 20 Web Frameworks for the JVM,” 10.9.12
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28. The Paradox of Choice
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29. FRAMEWORKS
ARE
EVOLVING
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30. Going small
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34. Hacker News
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35. State of the Stacks
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36. +
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37. vs
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38. Brains
sss
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39. QUESTIONS
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