Why Should You Teach Java? Why Should You Learn Java?

Java is used by the top 95% of all employers around the world to build mission-critical systems. Because of this demand, Java is widely embraced by the education community. Amongst its many features, Java is object-oriented, is written once and runs on any device, has built-in multi-threaded programming, has an integrated UI library, and has a rich ecosystem maintained by developers all over the world. For this and many other reasons, Java continues to attract educators. Java continues to evolve to meet the growing industry trends.
In this presentation, we look at recent enhancements to the language, look at some modern coding examples, and compare Java to another well-known language. One audience for this is educators considering Java in the classroom or who might need to defend their choice. It can also be used to help students and developers decide to learn Java.
Kenneth Fogel
Retired from the Dawson College classroom after 31 years, Ken continues to work on enhancing Java in education and has the designation Research Scholar in Residence. He is currently leading a group that organizes the online Java Champions conference held each January. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process and is a Java Champion. Ken has recently completed the first in a series of videos for Apress for beginners to Java and is writing a book titled Transitioning to Java for developers who were not trained in Java but must now take on a Java project. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter as @omniprof.