When will Java become obsolete?

Will Java become obsolete soon? Which is the technology going to replace Java?

In 2008, Javascript was almost got killed. Entreprises started thinking about eradicating JS from their stack due to security issues. At the same time, a new browser was born. Google Chrome.

A one man’s vision on how the world going to use the internet has changed everything. That man is Sundar Pichai.

Google realized the only way they can increase the business 10x by giving a powerful browser to the computers. Thereby a new browser with a powerful Javascript engine was built.

Around the same timeframe, almost every enterprise application was built in Java, especially in Financial institutions. Java was peaking. There were so many choices for front end (JSP,JSF etc) and backend (Spring, Struts etc).

Parallelly new development started in Javascript world — AngularJs and NodeJs in the same time frame.

Today Javascript ecosystem has occupied almost the same level of space Java was occupying in 2008. FrontEnd was completely taken over by ReactJs, AngularJS, and VueJs. Backend by NodeJs, ExpressJs, and GraphQLJs. Java has restricted strictly to pure backend only services and that too because of the 70s & 80s kids too much attachment towards Java and less proficiency in Javascript frameworks.

With the advent of Serverless programming, I see a slow decline in Java. Maybe in 2030 Java would attain the status of C++ in 2020.