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Java vs Laravel: What are the differences?
Developers describe Java as "A concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, language specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible". Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!. On the other hand, Laravel is detailed as "A PHP Framework For Web Artisans". Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We believe development must be an enjoyable, creative experience to be truly fulfilling. Laravel attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.
Java and Laravel are primarily classified as "Languages" and "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools respectively.
"Great libraries", "Widely used" and "Excellent tooling" are the key factors why developers consider Java; whereas "Clean architecture", "Growing community" and "Composer friendly" are the primary reasons why Laravel is favored.
Laravel is an open source tool with 53K GitHub stars and 16.2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Laravel's open source repository on GitHub.
Slack, Lyft, and MIT are some of the popular companies that use Java, whereas Laravel is used by PedidosYa, Sellsuki, and Webedia. Java has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2378 company stacks & 2632 developers stacks; compared to Laravel, which is listed in 817 company stacks and 753 developer stacks.
We changed to Python instead of Java to have the back-end processing in the same language as our data analysis module. In addition, Python has a lot of libraries for data-processing. We intend to use Flask for our back-end web development. Flask is a simple, straight-forward framework for our purposes. Flask also has a large community which is beneficial to the development process.
1 code deploys for both: Android and iOS. There is a huge community behind React Native. And one of the best things is Expo. Expo uses React Native to make everything even more and more simple. Awesome technologies. Some other important thing is that while using React Native, you are reusing all JavaScript knowledge you have in your team. You easily can move a frontend dev to develop mobile applications.
i find python quite resourceful. given the bulk of libraries that python has and the trends of the tech i find django which runs on python to be the framework of choice to the upcoming web services and application. Laravel on the other hand which is powered by PHP is also quite resourceful and great for startups and common web applications.
Pros of Java
- Great libraries571
- Widely used432
- Excellent tooling393
- Huge amount of documentation available376
- Large pool of developers available328
- Open source197
- Excellent performance192
- Great development150
- Vast array of 3rd party libraries142
- Used for android142
- Compiled Language54
- Used for Web46
- Managed memory42
- Native threads42
- High Performance40
- Statically typed35
- Easy to read31
- Great Community29
- Reliable platform25
- JVM compatibility23
- Sturdy garbage collection22
- Cross Platform Enterprise Integration19
- Universal platform18
- Great Support16
- Good amount of APIs16
- Lots of boilerplate11
- Great ecosystem10
- Backward compatible10
- Everywhere9
- Excellent SDK - JDK7
- Mature language thus stable systems6
- Better than Ruby5
- Portability5
- Static typing5
- Clojure5
- It's Java5
- Cross-platform5
- Vast Collections Library4
- Old tech4
- Best martial for design3
- Great Structure3
- Most developers favorite3
- Stable platform, which many new languages depend on3
- Long term language3
- Used for Android development3
- Testable2
- Javadoc1
Pros of Laravel
- Clean architecture496
- Growing community357
- Composer friendly334
- Open source310
- The only framework to consider for php292
- Mvc192
- Quickly develop187
- Dependency injection154
- Application architecture141
- Embraces good community packages128
- Write less, do more56
- Restful routing49
- Orm (eloquent)45
- Artisan scaffolding and migrations42
- Database migrations & seeds42
- Awesome35
- Great documentation32
- Awsome, Powerfull, Fast and Rapid25
- Promotes elegant coding25
- Build Apps faster, easier and better24
- JSON friendly22
- Most easy for me21
- Eloquent ORM20
- Easy to learn, scalability19
- Modern PHP19
- Test-Driven19
- Blade Template18
- Beautiful18
- Security13
- Clean Documentation11
- Based on SOLID10
- Cool10
- Convention over Configuration10
- Easy to attach Middleware9
- Simple9
- Laravel + Cassandra = Killer Framework8
- Fast8
- Easy to use8
- Simpler8
- Get going quickly straight out of the box. BYOKDM8
- Easy Request Validatin8
- Simplistic , easy and faster7
- Less dependencies7
- Its just wow7
- Friendly API6
- Its beautiful to code in5
- Super easy and powerful5
- Great customer support5
- Speed4
- Fast and Clarify framework4
- The only "cons" is wrong! No static method just Facades4
- Easy4
- Active Record4
- Php74
- Laravel Mix3
- Laragon3
- Eloquent3
- Easy views handling and great ORM3
- Minimum system requirements3
- Composer3
- Intuitive usage2
- Laravel Spark2
- Laravel Passport2
- Laravel Nova2
- Laravel casher2
- Laravel Horizon and Telescope2
- Laravel Forge and Envoy2
- Ease of use2
- Cashier with Braintree and Stripe2
- Rapid development1
- Scout0
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Cons of Java
- Verbosity28
- NullpointerException24
- Overcomplexity is praised in community culture15
- Nightmare to Write12
- Boiler plate code10
- Classpath hell prior to Java 98
- No REPL6
- No property4
- Code are too long2
- There is not optional parameter2
- Floating-point errors2
- Terrbible compared to Python/Batch Perormence1
- Java's too statically, stronglly, and strictly typed1
- Non-intuitive generic implementation1
- Returning Wildcard Types1
Cons of Laravel
- PHP38
- Too many dependency24
- Slower than the other two19
- A lot of static method calls for convenience15
- Too many include13
- Heavy10
- Bloated7
- Laravel6
- Confusing5
- Does not work well for file uploads in Shared Hosting4
- Too underrated3
- Not fast with MongoDB2
- Difficult to learn1
- Not using SOLID principles1
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