What is Java?

Java was originally developed by Sun Microsystem and later on acquired by Oracle, is the most popular object oriented programming language which is used to develop Mobile, Web and cloud applications. For Android development it has been the primary language(On May 7, 2019 Google declared that it had adopted the Kotlin programming language as its preferred choice for Android app developers). Java is still the primary choice for new Android learners..

Since Kotlin is introduced in recent years only, most applications available in marketplace are developed in Java only.

Advantages of Java:

• Grown Community: Java has been ruling the industry for many years, its community has grown much over the years. Due to its long presence it has huge libraries and tools developed.
• Easy Maintenance(Time and Cost): Long presence and wide industry adoption makes Java based projects easy to maintain in terms of time and cost.
• Memory consideration: Since applications developed using Java are natively compiled they consume less memory then applications developed using Flutter.

Disadvantages of Java:

• Developer migration: Since Google has introduced Kotlin as official Android language developers are migrating from java to Kotlin. Also feature like null safety, extension functions and many more attracting developers towards Dart and Kotlin.
• Slower Development Cycle: Due to absence of feature like hot reload develop app and testing small changes takes time in java compared to flutter.

Here, we are going to discuss the two most popular technologies for making apps i.e. Flutter and Java. Imagine it like a showdown between two champs: Flutter and Java. No matter if you’re new to coding or a pro, we’ll check out what makes these languages tick. So without wasting any time let’s explore the strengths and weaknesses of both technologies together.

As we learn more about Flutter and Java, we’ll find out what they’re good at and where they might have a few tricks up their sleeves. But before jumping on the differences between the two let’s understand What is Flutter? and What is Java? So Let’s begin.