GitHub cited Java as one of the most popular coding languages in 2018, and there is a reason why this language has stood the test of time. We chat with Peggy Fisher, content manager at Linkedin Learning Solutions, and author of the book Get Programming with Java, about why Java is still so popular, what it’s good for, and how to get started. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) Educative (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) Career Karma (sponsor) CodeNewbie Survey Java Get Programming with Java Linkedin Learning Solutions Object-oriented programming Functional programming Sequential Programming Graphical user interface COBOL Pennsylvania College of Technology Khan Academy Udemy Coursera Oracle Eclipse NetBeans Continuous Integration (CI) C++ C Sharp (programming language)