Java vs C# in 2025 - Which One Would I Choose?

In 2025, which language would I choose to learn or invest in - C# or Java?

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[StefanMischook]

Just so you know, when I started writing Java, I had all my hair. After years of writing Java code ... well, you can see what happened.

[Throllfinn]

As a .Net Developer, I approve Uncle Stef.

[BrianAHarkins]

Good timing, Uncle Stef. I was thinking about this today. Thanks for the insight.

[mattperez]

I love the C# Blazor WASM hybrid model. Having web, IOS, Android off of one code base with little to no code changes needed is such a cool solution.

[Dismanameboi]

In my learning I recently switched from C# to Java just because there is so many more learning resources for Java. They are both so similar I can easily switch to c# at a later point.

[PrahladYeri]

C# is an improved and better version of Java.
Plus .NET is also open source these days, what more can you ask for!

[chpatoshik]

I decided to use Ruby, Uncle Stef 😂 Thanks for the video ✌

[mihajlocolic]

Literally just been googling and researching this, and i enter the subscriptions tab and i see this video. Interesting.

[mouadrimwind]

The awnser is whatever gives you a job and god damn many companies use Java for backend

[SailBuddha]

Desktop applications are easy in Java with Swing or JavaFX, you can set up Gradle to bundle a custom JVM with very little code. I write them all the time.

[michaelastl]

I work with both languages in webdev.; not much difference, well, Java is bit more verbose but with Lombok in Spring they reduced it a little... so overall, it depends on the environment and usecase.

[LegalAutomation]

Perfectly timed video. I'm about to embark on learning C# for my job actually. I'm developing a Microsoft word integration.

[rommellagera]

Microsoft pushes a technology hard then drops it, look at Silverlight and recently Xamarin

For backend, Java will continue to dominate with framework like Spring for Enterprise system, unless Microsoft demonstrate a stable and long term technology stack, large scale projects will continue to be a Java space

It is not the language itself but the framework for enterprise development, unless you have a framework like Spring that have been tested for years or decades already - C#, Python, Javascript, etc. will have a hard time dislodging Java at the backend

[RandyAinsworth-txvn]

Like python but my heart wants c# was the very first programming language i was introduced to in college. Will learn it well this year

[teamdroid]

in the begining thought you would say java since your from a java background but you surprised me

[BrunoFerro-syen]

I think that C# is a duck lang, do everything but nothing shine.
Java it's backend King 👑

[gtsmeg]

Uncle Stef, do you think PHP will still be popular in 2025 with the upcoming major release of the Laravel Cloud Platform?

[attentioncestpaslegal]

Rails is seeing a come back, so some people might use Ruby :-)

[hoatruong]

I don't bias but, I have used java for kind of backend with spring boot. What I saw is java is too much boilerplate code :((.

[chebrubin]

Steph where we going here? Jet Brains makes Kotlin. In fact some people make web apps with Kotlin .kt and .java files in the source code build (don't ask why).

But Java 23 Graal native is a game changer. And no one is writing a game in C# they are using C.

If you want to get a job in the corporate world Java and Kafka is ubiquitous. Same with ERP and CRM API apps. Java rules.

With that being said if you are doing financial software for corporate environments C# is a must.