Java vs Go: 30 Metrics Comparison

Java vs Go

Java

Java is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 1995, designed by James Gosling. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

Go

Go is a Procedural, Object-Oriented, Generic programming language first appeared in 2009, designed by Google. Main use cases: Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications.

30 Metrics

Metric Java Go
GitHub Stars 67614 59948
Stack Overflow Tags 836938 818506
TIOBE Rank 4 38
RedMonk Rank 2 31
PYPL Rank 19 32
Average Salary (USD) 126537 115006
Job Postings 41128 40063
Benchmarks Score 0.91 0.82
Learning Curve Hard Hard
Community Size Very Large Large
Documentation Quality 8 10
Ecosystem Maturity 9 9
Industry Adoption 9 8
Type System Complexity 9 10
Concurrency Support 10 6
Performance - Execution Speed 10 8
Performance - Memory Usage 10 9
Performance - Startup Time 10 6
Tooling Quality 10 8
Package Manager Quality 9 10
IDE Support 9 8
Debugging Experience 10 8
GitHub Stars Rank 2 19
Stack Overflow Tags Rank 10 17
Average Salary Rank 15 28
Job Postings Rank 12 16
Benchmarks Rank 14 28
Learning Curve Score 3 2
Community Size Score 10 8
AHP Score 8.41 7.5

AHP Score

  • Java: 8.41 (#5)
  • Go: 7.5 (#25)
Java            | ######## 8.41
Go              | ######## 7.5

When to choose Java

Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android. Java is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 1995, designed by James Gosling. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

When to choose Go

Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications. Go is a Procedural, Object-Oriented, Generic programming language first appeared in 2009, designed by Google. Main use cases: Systems Programming, Embedded, Performance-Critical Applications.

Hello World Example

Java:

public class Main { public static void main(String[] a){ System.out.println("Hello, World!"); } }

Go:

package main
import "fmt"
func main(){ fmt.Println("Hello, World!") }

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