When you compare Java vs. Python application development in terms of simplicity, conciseness, security and performance, Java comes out on top in every category.

Object-Oriented Python and Java are both considered to be “ object-oriented ” programming languages. This means they allow developers to create data objects through classes.

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

Programming language Python's popularity: Ahead of Java for first time but still trailing C Python is now the second most popular language in the nearly 20-year-old Tiobe index.