As a new year has been started so the technology experts would surely like to know what will be the future of the technology they use.

Java developers can have a great impact in terms of evolution and a future technology. Even the Java developers need to cope with the changes and developments of the Java language. This blog would cover a few predictions for the coming year. There are a few aspects related to Java which you should consider for this year, they are:

During this year, in the Java world, you need to remember the points which will help you in shaping your career as a successful developer of Java the domain.

2018 Java as a Revolution

1) This year will be Eclipse Year

Like the key projects MicroProfile and EE4J the Eclipse foundation will become more important and popular in this year. Java developers must accelerate their Eclipse knowledge and try to attain more and deep knowledge of the platform so that they can get intense Java knowledge and its related projects. This year Java developers will keep an eye on Eclipse foundation and will try to become an Eclipse expert. So just due to the popularity of Java and Eclipse IDE you must try to learn it and be a proficient Eclipse developer.

2) Containers will be broadly used

As the concept of containers of the Java languages getting popular and are the most used concepts to simplify management and development, the container Java apps become tightly coupled. Java applications can have seamless management and can be configured perfectly just due to optimized containers. Java developers can be benefited from the two deep concepts of this technology, which are Java constructs and containers as they can provide a better and well organized Java application. There are following advantages that containers offer to an app:

• The app has to to be built only once
• There exist greater consistency between production and testing environment
• The app can become more modular

From app testing perspective, these two features are much more beneficial.

3) Kotlin as a Future Programming Language

In the programming world Kotlin is a major programming language. As this language has interoperability, concise coding and syntax like features just like Java so it is much popular among programmers these days. Kotlin supports Android as well and offers following listed benefits:

• Kotlin is an open source language and costs nothing
• Kotlin compiles to JavaScript or JVM bytecode
• It can use all existing libraries and Java frameworks
• It can be learned in just a few hours

So it is going to become a ground for the languages of 2018.

4) Faster Innovative Model with Every New Release

As in every six months Java introduces new releases so it is a frequent and faster-changing language. You can go to the Java website to know about the change and newly introduced features which can help you in solving your problem. You can enter into new areas, even by using these new features. The long-term release can even leverage the large organizations and now they even have a clear roadmap just due to such release and organizational beneficial new features. Active Java communities also help in making aware of these popular changes and the user can be benefited from them largely.

5) Java as a Serverless Platform

Nowadays serverless platforms are getting much more popularity and are in-demand, especially by the large organizations. Initially, it was introduced as a consumption model, but now is expanding from event programming, simple to composite flow-based systems. Cloud developers are shifting their focus to applications so that they do not have to be worried about servers. Therefore Java runtime is being optimized and re-architecture so that it can become a suitable language for the serverless world. In this new world of server-less technology smaller footprints and fast startups matter more.

The above listed predictions for Java technology proves that it will become popular and due to several new releases and changes it will be used by a number of organizations. There are many more reasons due to which you should become a proficient Java programmer. The technology keeps on changing day by day and there are a number of things that will change the market scenario so the developer needs to be updated so that they can be market ready always.

Final Words

While Java is a popular and most used programming language as it has a number of beneficial features, but due to its continuous updates it will become one of that technology which will never become outdated. Though there are a number of new technologies in the market which are challenging Java, it is still a strong language. So not only it has been popular since its evolution, but it will remain the top most programming language in coming years as well. Various online communities and interest of a number of organizations prove this statement. It will be a dominant technology for the enterprises, even in 2018.