Job ads at indeed: <a href="http://www.indeed.com/jobanalytics/jobtrends?q=Java%2C+C%2B%2B%2C+C%23%2C+Visual+Basic%2C+Perl%2C+C%2C+PHP%2C+Objective-C%2C+Python%2C+JavaScript&l=" rel="nofollow">http://www.indeed.com/jobanalytics/jobtrends?q=Java%2C+C%2B%...</a> (Click Relative to see which are increasing compared to others more easily)<p>Doesn't seem to be losing popularity among employers.
According to <a href="http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....</a> still #1 in usage in a virtual dead heat with C. 4x usage of Python. 11x usage of Ruby. Its a silly bit of naval gazing akin to ... Is Blue Really Losing Popularity Among Painters?
Java is the "hammer" in the metaphorical IT toolbox. Sure, niche and very useful tools are in the toolbox too, and all have their place, but ... to stretch the metaphor a little further, no toolbox is complete without a hammer. <sidenote>to any real developer, popularity is an irrelevant metric</sidenote>
How often do developers get to truly choose the language they use? Developers usually go where the jobs are. There are a lot of Java systems out there. Doesn't necessarily mean Java is or isn't a "popular" language. I'd be more interested if there is any data on how many newly started projects are using Java compared to other environments.
Javascript have had a massive popularity explosion yet the graph doesn't show any sign of it.<p>This kind of metrics has limited value. Not only popularity is not an absolute thing, it's also difficult to measure.<p>Us, hacker news readers, have fun with our javascript, coffesecript, ruby, etc. projects. But if you're in the corporate world you need to pull the heavy guns, not the good looking ones.<p>Many are saying tat java is the new cobol, that's a good metaphor IMO. And if it is, it's not going to go anywhere.<p>As for me, I wouldn't mind continuing firing up eclipse every day and proceed with my daily usage of java for the next 5-10 years.