Why is Java not used for desktop apps?

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Why is Java not used for desktop apps?

It is not particularly well supported by either Microsoft or Apple and it has a bad reputation with end-users as being insecure and annoying to update. Lots of PC users will not have the Java runtime installed, and some will avoid programs that require it.

What big apps use Java?

So let’s get down to the list

  • NASA World Wind. NASA World Wind belongs to the type of geographic information systems.
  • Google & Android OS. Google uses Java for many of its products.
  • Netflix. This company and its platform do not need a long introduction.
  • Spotify.
  • LinkedIn.
  • Uber.
  • Amazon.
  • Minecraft.

Is JavaFX still used?

JavaFX and JavaSwing are mostly outdated. Their primary use is writing desktop apps that run on both MacOS and Windows. If the purpose of your app is to expose a proprietary data to both MacOS and Windows, a web-application will be your best choice.

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What is best GUI for Java?

If you in 2020 (or later) want to learn one of the above Java GUI Frameworks, I highly recommend you go with JavaFX. Swing is still a good GUI framework, but it’s being left behind (due to newer advancements). JavaFX on the other hand likely has a long life span ahead of it before it gets replaced by anything.

Can you sell Java apps?

It is an application which requires to simply be copied and pasted to user’s machine with specific configuration/deployment requirements. Unfortunately, no one makes client side applications anymore, and because of that there is no such market that allows you to sell your app.

Why do people still use Java for web development?

Presumably because it is adequate for the job of doing what it needs to. Tangentially too many sites are either bloated and over the top or try to present one site to desktop and mobile and end up managing to mangle it for both. Java in the browser is also kind of dead and a lot of Java applications will bundle a private VM. One word: Oracle.

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What are the pros and cons of Java?

Java, the language is verbose. That is a pro and a con (great for maintenance, sucks for dev). There are a number of modern language features that have not yet made it into Java that can cut coding time down substantially (properties, events, closures, generators, list comprehension, etc).

Is Java no longer cool?

😛 And Java neverwas cool, simply because it threw the hacking part out of programming. – back2dos Aug 18 ’11 at 15:25 28 @Falcon Java was cool back when it was first introduced, Sun did a great job hyping Java, whether the hype was justified or not has nothing to do with it being cool or not, a lot of cool things are hyped for no reason.

Why don’t Java applications use the Ubuntu 11 system font?

For some reason java applications do not use the system font (Ubuntu 11), but rather some elongated font that doesn’t seem to have any anti-aliasing. So what I’m asking is if this is an open bug (couldn’t find any on launchpad), something the developers have done wrong, or if there is a way to configure the fonts used in java application.

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