Why Java is Bad for Web Development

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Can you tell me why Java is bad for web development?

Aside from all the Java errors you get when trying to run programs embedded in web pages?

I've heard that PHP is better for web development because it is faster than Java.

Java runs slower than C++ and PHP many times because of poorly designed code, lousy processing of objects in the code and verbose code that takes longer to run.

How does it compare to C++?

Java runs infinitesimally slower than equivalent C++, but given the speed of computers these days, that hardly matters.

I read that the average smart phone has more computing power than we used to get to the moon.

It's depressing then that with all that computing power, loading a game or website with interactive ads is slow.

You can disable your Java plugins in the browser to speed things up.

Java Applets are bad for exactly that reason.

Java seems ill-suited even without applets.

Java is bad for web development because it does not have operator overloading except for strings, which makes variable handling a mess. That's partially why you see so many Java errors for online applications.

Java can be used for backend server applications as well as server side applications that show up on the user's browser.

Yes, but Java has issues even on the server side. Java allows you to have embedded applications or use Java as an embedded application, but you can not implement multiple inheritance between them.

Object oriented code is supposed to make things simpler, but if you can't reuse objects and variables, it is a headache.

Who wants to use Java for a user interface to collect sign up information or data entry and have trouble passing it on to the mail server or financial system? All the while worrying about time out errors.

Java used to be worse in terms of resource handling, like memory usage. That was improved in Java 7.

They've got a ways to go before it is better than the alternatives.