Java and .Net application development are being advanced through an upgrade to Java and an implementation of the Python programming language for .Net. On the Java side of the aisle, an Early Draft ...

The C#/.NET SDK reached v1.0.1 in December 2023, and the company has been working on the Python and Java versions since then, (see "Microsoft's Semantic Kernel SDK Ships with AI Agents, Plugins, ...

While Python still gets top billing when it comes to developing for AI, Java proponents see the nearly 30-year-old Java programming language ready to take charge in the AI field.

"If you write apps using the Java language irrespective of any platform, we will have 15 to 20 percent of the market," said Tony Goodhew, product manager for Microsoft's developer division.

The use of Python is catching up to Java in banking and fintech applications, but what are the reasons behind the emergence of Python? While three million developers have joined the Java community ...

The project has now reached the beta release phase for the first wave of supported languages – including Java, JavaScript, Python, Go and .Net – as well as the OpenTelemetry Collector.