Python vs Java

 

What is the difference between Java and Python?

The main difference between Java and Python is that java is a statically typed and Complied language that offers limited string-related functions and Python is a dynamic type and object-oriented programming language and it is reliable for rapid application development.

Why Java?

Java has significant advantages over other programming languages and environments that make it suitable for not just only about any programming task 

                                              Advantages of Java :

There are some major advantages of java; let's see them

Simple :  Java is straight forward to use, write, compile and easy to learn.Java was designed to be easily used.

Object-oriented : Java is object oriented and it allows you to create modular programs and reusable code.

Platform-independent : Java has the ability to move easily from one computer system to another. The ability is to run the same program on many different system is crucial to world wide web software, and Java succeeds at this by being platform-independent at both the source and binary levels.

                                                         Disadvantages of Java :

           Here are some disadvantages/drawbacks of java:

• JIT Compiler makes the program comparatively slower.
• Java has high memory and processing requirements. Therefore hardware cost increases.
• Java provides no backup facility.
• Java requires significant memory space.
• The default look of  GUI  Applications written in Java using the swing toolkit is very different from native applications.
• Static imports were added in Java 5.0 . The procedural paradigm is better accommodated than in earlier versions of Java.

                                                                          Syntax :

                 

                                                                Advantages of Python :

• Easy to Use : Python is compact, programmer friendly and very easy to use object oriented language with very simple syntax rule. 

•  Expressive Language : Python is an expressive language, it takes fewer lines of codes to represent the same syntax. 

•  Interpreted Language : Python is an interpreted language, not an complied language. It makes python an easy-to-debug language and thus suitable to beginners to advamced users. 

• Completeness : Python has a rich standard library that provides modules for most types of required functionality like emails, web pages, databases, GUI Development, network connections etc. 

• Cross-Platform Language : Python can run equally variety of platforms- Windows,Linux/UNIX, Macintosh, super computers, smart phones etc. 

•  Free and open source : Python language is freely availiable along with its source code. 

•  Variety of usage/ Appications: Python has evolved into a powerful, complete and useful language over this years. These days python has been used in many diverse fields/applications, some of which are scripting, Web Applications, Game development, database applications, System Administrations, Rapid prototyping, GUI Programs. 

      Disadvantages of Python :

•  Speed : Python is an interpreted language and this features inferences with its speed. The       speed of python programs is too slow.   
• Runtime error : In Python, the type checking is done at runtime. As a result, more testing is required for the applications developed in python . Also sometimes you cannot see any error in the applications before it is executed.
• Mobile development : Python is not suitable for mobile development as it lacks in most of the features for mobile development.
• Memory Consumption : Python programs consumes a lot of memory so this language is not suitable for applications that need to perform memory-related tasks.
• Database Access : The database layer of python is rather weak and not as strong and is full of features like JDBC or ODBC. hence as far as database application development is concerned, Python will be the best choice.                          

                                                                       Conclusion :

          Java is older, matured, faster and also a concurrent programming language. Python, on the other hand, is the latest, slower and non-concurrent language. Java is popular in mobile and web applications development. Also for parallel programming and database applications, Java is the first choice for the programmers. Python has weaker database connectivity and also doesn't support concurrent operations. Thus, based on the comparison, you can decide the language you are going to use depending on the project requirements.