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Java

Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
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Posted by Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
10,497 Points

Microsoft and Apple are discontinuing support for Java. What does this mean for Java and the web?

For instance, how will a Spring Boot application run if Java isn't supported. Is Java to have the same fate as Flash concerning the web?

3 Answers

Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
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Shane Robinson
Shane Robinson
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Link to where you got this information? I believe I know what you are talking about, and it has been going on for awhile now. This discontinued support isn't for Java as a whole, just for Java Applets. Java Applets have always had security issues galore along with other issues so it has been slowly dying for a long time now.

So no, if I'm correct in my assumption, it would not affect Spring Boot. If anything Java on the Web is an increasing affair - not a dwindling one.

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
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Simon Coates
Simon Coates
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as Shane robinson suggested, i think this is a misunderstanding. People occasionally announce java is having support discontinued, but this is client side java. I'd assume spring boot is server side java. I'm not sure Microsoft and apple have the ability to mess with java as a whole, and if they did, developers would engage in violent armed revolution. Seriously, they'd be blood in the streets. Disabling client side java on the other hand is probably a good thing. (i hope i understand the situation correctly.)

Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
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Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
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Thanks fellas, I think I have a clearer picture now. Spring Boot is something outside of their browsers, so now it's just java itself that isn't supported in a particular browser(Microsoft edge) or even an OS (OS X). Java is as good or better than .Net for building web apps?

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
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Shane and Simon seem correct, but if you could post your source, that would be great.

All I could find was the discontinued support for the now deprecated Java Browser Plugin.

I did, however, find an article from 2012 about Apple dropping support for Java, but that was referring to app development support. Which makes sense, especially after reading the article.

So, from what I've read... Java seems pretty safe and is also very strong in Android development.

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