/r/java/

r/java

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r/java is a subreddit with 407k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses looking, java, struggling, project, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review java ide, code editor, and api framework.
News, Technical discussions, research papers and assorted things of interest related to the Java programming language NO programming help, NO learning Java related questions, NO installing or downloading Java questions, NO JVM languages - Exclusively Java

Popular Themes in r/java

#1
Advice Requests
: "MS specialization advice for a Java/backend engineer"
5 posts
#2
Ideas
: "JEP draft: Structured Concurrency"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I made a website that automatically collects images of our favourite mascot duke!"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Rule number 9 is not followed"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "A new url shortener service built from scratch"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/java

#1

Looking

42 posts
#2

Java

: "SnapCode with Java 21 in the browser"
19 posts
#3

Struggling

8 posts
#4

Project

7 posts
#5

Hate

5 posts
#6

Tutorial

4 posts
#7

Beginner

4 posts
#8

Android

4 posts
#9

Library

3 posts
#10

Tired

3 posts

Products Discussed in r/java

Java Ide

40 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.6★ from 25 reviews
#2
Apache
4.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
Eclipse Foundation
3.8★ from 5 reviews

Code Editor

21 reviews
#1
IntelliJ IDEA
4.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Cursor
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
GitHub Copilot
5.0★ from 2 reviews

Api Framework

16 reviews
#1
DropWizard
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Vertx
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Jersey
4.0★ from 1 review

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Yearly
+34k members(9.0%)

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Last updated: September 14, 2026