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Where's Java Going In 2020

In this third and last part of the saga examining Java's ecosystem in which we try to decipher its direction, we look at  Build tools, the popularity of other languages on the JVM and conclude with career tips for all aspiring Java rock-star developers!
The findings come from three surveys: Snyk's "JVM Ecosystem Report 2020" with over 2000 respondents, Baeldung's The State of Java in 2019 with over 6,700 both of which we've considered previously, and the JRebel 2020 Java Technology Report which is the latest to provide us with data, from 400 respondents.
With regard to developers choice of build tools, the JRebel survey found a fairly even split between Maven (44%) and Gradle (47%): 

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