Why Is Java Important?. Java is one of the most popular programming languages used to create Web applications and platforms. It was designed for flexibility, allowing developers to write code that ...

The Java application out of the box is essentially the API for user CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) functions with authentication and authorization enforcement via Spring Security.

Another piece of old, insecure web infrastructure is about to be killed off. Oracle says that it's discontinuing its Java browser plugin starting with the next big release of the programming language.