5 tricks every introvert should know before a job interview

© Provided by Business Insider Arrange your schedule so that you have a cushion of “solo” time both before and after the interview.

Interviews are already nerve-wracking — and when you’re an introvert like me, they’re downright, wake-up-in-a-cold-sweat, I’d-rather-get-my-teeth-pulled terrifying.

Unfortunately, if we introverts ever want to work, we have to do them, and we have to do them well.

So, check out my five techniques for getting through the process like a champ (a soon-to-be employed champ, at that!).

1. Arrange your day strategically

It’s not that introverts don’t enjoy being around people—we do—but the more time we spend interacting with others, the less energy we have.

That’s why I recommend arranging your schedule so that you have a cushion of “solo” time both before and after the interview. Think of it like plugging in your phone. Being alone before the interview will give you energy, while being alone afterward will allow you to recharge.

I recently had a hiring manager ask me to come in for an interview at 4 p.m., so I planned all of my calls and meetings before noon. Then, after the interview, I went home and completed the rest of my work from there.

What if spending hours alone before and after the interview isn’t feasible for you? Try to give yourself at least 30 minutes beforehand: Leave the office early and walk around the block, work from a quiet spot in your office — or, at the very least, put your headphones on.

This strategy ensures you’ll have maximum energy during the interview — which is crucial to scoring the job.

© Provided by Business Insider It helps to come up with a couple “casual” questions in advance that you can throw in as needed.2. Prepare for small talk

It’s pretty normal for introverts to dislike small talk, which admittedly can feel rather pointless. However, even if you hate chit-chat, remind yourself this is one time you can’t skip it.

I’ve learned that it helps to come up with a couple “casual” questions in advance that you can throw in as needed. In fact, this is a great opportunity to ask questions that don’t feel so pointless!

For example, instead of bringing up the weather, ask your interviewer what her favorite seasonal activity is. Or, instead of discussing each other’s respective hometowns, ask if he knows any local “hidden gems” in the office’s neighborhood.

Also, it’s a good idea to remind yourself of the ultimate purpose of this interview small talk: to build a rapport with your interviewer and make him or her like you. Not such a waste of time after all, right?

3. Focus your best efforts in the beginning and at the end

Research has shown interviewers form their first impressions of you in just seconds.

And as an introvert, that snap judgment actually plays to our advantage. If I walk in with an enthusiastic smile, a confident handshake, and a friendly, “Hi! I’m Aja,” then the interviewer instantly classifies me as “enthusiastic, confident, and friendly” — and I’d have to work pretty hard to alter his or her initial impression.

Similarly, you want to end on a high note. Most interviewers try to summarize their thoughts as quickly as they can after you leave the room; the more time goes on, the less accurately they’ll remember the interview. So you want their last impression of you to be as awesome as the first.

Flash a big smile, say, “It was great to meet you, and thank you so much for this opportunity,” and give them another firm handshake.

4. Match the interviewer’s tone

However, just because you killed the beginning and end of the interview doesn’t mean you can ignore your tone during the middle.

Unfortunately, introverts can sometimes come across as bored, standoffish, distant, unenthusiastic, and so on. We’re not trying to — from our perspective, we’re calm and thoughtful.

To make sure this discrepancy doesn’t happen during an interview, subtly copy the interviewer. Is she using lots of gestures? Amp up your own motions. Is he telling jokes? Give your answers some levity. Is her tone professional and courteous? Follow suit.

Here’s a hack: It also helps if you mirror his or her body language — without going overboard, of course.

If you take your cues from the person you’re speaking with, you’re almost guaranteed to hit the proper note. 

© SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg The key is to highlight the positive aspects of your introverted nature.5. Mention that you’re introverted

Tons of people are introverted; in fact, your interviewer may be an introvert as well! Hiding the fact you are one can land you in an office where you’re not a good fit. (Imagine working at a company where every single task is accomplished in a team. Scary, right?)

The key is to highlight the positive aspects of your introverted nature.

Let’s say the hiring manager asks, “What’s your greatest strength?”

You can reply along the lines of, “As an introvert, I’ve discovered that I’m a natural listener and observer. It’s second nature for me to seek out pain points or obstacles that others are facing. Once I’ve gathered enough information, I’m ready to make a thoughtful and impactful contribution.”

You can also talk about how you’re overcoming the challenges of being an introvert. If you get the “greatest weakness” question, try responding with something like:

“My default communication style is email and online communication, which can be really efficient—but when it comes to sensitive or relationship-building conversations, I know speaking in person is much better. I’m challenging myself to move those important discussions offline. Now, before I schedule a talk, I ask myself, ‘Will this be more productive if we can see each other’s faces?’”

(Side note: This is a great interview answer because it exposes a true area of growth while explaining how you’re actively trying to overcome it.)

With these strategies, being an introvert will help you, not hurt you. From one introvert to another: You got this.

12 websites where you can learn to code for free

There was a time when knowing how to program was for the geekiest of geeks.

That’s not exactly the case today. As most entrepreneurs, freelancers and marketers will tell you, learning how to program can help you succeed. 

Over the past year, I've been learning to code. It's helped me to become a much better entrepreneur — I can dive in when my team needs to fix a few bugs on the site. 

You don’t even need to shell out a ton of money or put yourself in debt to learn how to code, either. These 12 places offer coding courses for free:

1. CodeAcademy

One of the most popular free places to learn coding is CodeAcademy. In fact, more than 24 million people have already learned how to code through this educational company’s engaging experience.

At CodeAcademy, you can dive right in and take courses that teach you everything from HTML & CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP,Python and Ruby.

2. Coursera

Founded in 2012, Coursera has grown into a major for-profit educational-technology company that has offered more than 1,000 courses from 119 institutions.

While you can pay for certain programs to receive a certificate, there are a number of free introductory programming courses in various specializations from universities such as the University of Washington, Stanford, the University of Toronto and Vanderbilt.

3. edX

EdX is another leading online-learning platform that is open source instead of for-profit. It was founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, so you know that you’ll learn about cutting-edge technologies and theories. Today, edX includes 60 schools. You probably can’t go wrong with the free Introduction to Computer Science from Harvard University.

4. Udemy

Founded in 2010, Udemy is an online learning platform that can be used as a way to improve or learn job skills. While there are courses you have to pay for, there are plenty of free programming courses, which are taught via video lessons, such as Programming for Entrepreneurs - HTML & CSS or Introduction to Python Programming.

5. aGupieWare

AGupieWare is an independent app developer that surveyed computer-science programs from some of the leading institutions in the U.S. It then created a similar curriculum based on the free courses offered by Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley and Columbia. The program was then broken into 15 courses: three introductory classes, seven core classes and five electives.

While you won’t actually receive credit, it’s a perfect introductory program for prospective computer programmers.

6. GitHub

Sometimes, you need to recall a reference book when you’re stuck on a problem. That's GitHub. You can find more than 500 free programming books that cover more than 80 different programming languages on the popular web-based Git repository hosting service, which means that it’s frequently updated by collaborators.

7. MIT Open Courseware

If you’ve already learned the basics, and went to get into something a bit heavier — such as exploring the theory behind coding — take advantage of MIT’s free courseware site that includes classes such as Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Introduction to Programming in Java and Practical Programming in C.

8. Hack.pledge()

This is a community of developers, which include some high-profile developers such as Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent. There, you can perfect your programming skills by learning from some of the leading developers in the world.

9. Code Avengers

Based out of New Zealand, Code Avengers provides fun and interactive programming courses that will teach you how to code games, apps and web sites using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Each course takes just 12 hours to complete and is available in English, Russian, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Turkish and Portuguese.

10. Khan Academy

Created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan, Khan Academy is one of the original free online-learning institutions. With step-by-step video tutorials, you can  learn how to program drawings, animations and games using JavaScript and ProcessingJS, or learn how to create webpages with HTML and CSS.

11. Free Food Camp

Here you’ll learn HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Databases, DevTools, Node.js, Angular.js and Agile by networking and joining a community of professionals and students. You’ll even work together on your coding skills so that you can build apps for free. Here’s the catch: you’re learning those skills and building helps to help solve real-world problems. Code is available to nonprofits.

12. HTML5 Rocks

This Google project launched in 2010 to counter Apple’s HTML5. The site is full of tutorials, resources and the latest HTML5 updates. It’s open source, so developers can play around with HTML5 code. Because this is more advanced than most introductory courses, you may want to gain some knowledge and experience before jumping in.

Learning code used to require access to expensive books and classes, but no longer. I highly recommend that every entrepreneur learns to code. Still wondering if you need to code? Here is a programmer guide I put together to show you every step I took to become an entrepreneur that codes! 

Responses & Reactions by Google

A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai - CEO Google

"The cockroach theory for self development"

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady, She started screaming out of fear With a panic stricken face and trembling voice,she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.
Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.
The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the Group
Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.
The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behaviour of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.
It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.
It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.
More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.
Lessons learnt from the story:
I understood, I should not react in life.
I should always respond.
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.
Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought

How Successful People Make Smart Decisions

Your days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. A study from Columbia University found that we’re bogged down by a good 70 decisions a day.

Some decisions are minor, like what to eat, which route to drive to work, or in what order to tackle tasks. Others are more difficult, like deciding between two job offers, whether to move to a new city for someone you love, or whether to cut a toxic person out of your life.

With so many decisions taking up each day, learning to prioritize them and make them effectively is essential to your success and happiness.

While I’m familiar with many strategies successful people use for effective decision-making, what follows are the cream of the crop.

They Turn Small Decisions into Routines …

Decision-making works like a muscle: as you use it over the course of the day, it gets too exhausted to function effectively. One of the best strategies successful people use to work around their decision fatigue is to eliminate smaller decisions by turning them into routines. Doing so frees up mental resources for more complex decisions.

Steve Jobs famously wore a black turtleneck to work every day. Mark Zuckerberg still dons a hoodie. Both men have stated that these iconic images are the simple result of daily routines intended to cut down on decision fatigue. They were both aware of our finite daily ability to make good decisions, as is Barack Obama, who said, "You'll see I wear only gray or blue suits. I'm trying to pare down decisions. I don't want to make decisions about what I'm eating or wearing, because I have too many other decisions to make."

… and Make Big Decisions in the Morning

Another great way to beat decision fatigue is to save small decisions for after work (when decision fatigue is greatest) and to tackle complex decisions in the morning, when your mind is fresh. When you’re facing a stream of important decisions, a great trick is to wake up early and work on your most complicated tasks before you get hit with a bunch of distracting minor decisions (phones ringing, e-mails coming in). A similar strategy is to do some of the smaller things the night before to get a head start on the next day. For instance, lay out your outfit at night so you don’t even have to think about it when you wake up.

They Pay Attention to Their Emotions

There’s an old saying: “Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions,” and it definitely rings true. Successful people recognize and understand their emotions (including their intensity and impact on behavior) so that they are able to look at decisions as objectively and rationally as possible.

Unfortunately, most people aren’t good at managing or even recognizing their emotions. TalentSmart has tested more than a million people and found that only 36% of us are able to accurately identify our emotions as they happen. Strong decision makers, on the other hand, know that a bad mood can make them lash out or stray from their moral compass just as easily as a good mood can make them overconfident and impulsive.

They Evaluate Their Options Objectively

When really wrapped up in a decision, successful people weigh their options against a pre-determined set of criteria because they know that this makes decision-making easier and more effective. Here are some helpful criteria to consider: How does this decision benefit me? How does it hurt me? How does this benefit ___? How does it hurt ___? Does the decision reflect my values? Would I regret making this decision? Would I regret not making this decision? Does this decision reflect my values?

They Sleep on It …

Sleeping on your decision ensures that you have clarity of thought when you approach it the next day. It also allows time for your emotions to run their course. When you act too quickly, you tend to react, but when you give more focus and time to your decision, you expose important facets of it that you didn’t see before.

… but Not for Too Long

Successful people know the importance of gathering as much information as they can, but at the same time, they make certain not to fall prey to analysis paralysis. Instead of waiting for the moons to align, successful people know that they need to have a timetable to follow in reaching their decision. Once they set that date, they are motivated to do their homework and some soul searching in order to meet the deadline.

They Use Exercise to Recharge

The stress of a major decision naturally produces cortisol, the chemical that triggers the fight-or-flight response. Cortisol clouds your ability to think clearly and rationally. When you find yourself stressing about a decision, try exercising. As little as 30 minutes is all it takes to get a good endorphin-fueled buzz and to return to mental clarity. Exercise also helps you get past that fight-or-flight state by putting the cortisol to practical use. Research shows that long-term exercise improves the overall functioning of the brain regions responsible for decision-making.

They Always Go Back to Their Moral Compass

Successful people know the importance of sticking to their morals when making an important decision. Morals serve as trusted guides when your emotions are pulling you in a different direction.

They Seek Outside Counsel

When approaching a decision, we have a natural tendency to pick an alternative and then to gather information to support that decision, instead of gathering information and then choosing a side (this is called confirmation bias). A great way to beat confirmation bias is to seek outside opinions and advice from people who bring different perspectives to your situation. Their perspectives help you weigh your options more objectively and to spot your subjective or irrational tendencies.

They Reflect on Previous Decisions

Mark Twain described the complicated nature of decision-making as follows: “Good decisions come from experience, but experience comes from making bad decisions.” This isn’t to say that the only way to become a great decision maker is to make a ton of mistakes; it just means that it’s important to keep past decisions front of mind. Successful people are aware enough of past decisions to use them to their benefit when something similar comes up.

Bringing It All Together

With repercussions that can last days, weeks, and even years, making great decisions is an effort that’s worth every bit of your time and energy.

How do you make great decisions? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below as I learn just as much from you as you do from me.

This post is copied from Dr. Travis Bradberry's book and post.

The Next Twenty Years of Java: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

1995 was the year AOL floppy disks arrived in the mail, Netscape Navigator was born and the first public version of Java was released. Over the next two decades, Java witnessed the multi-core revolution, the birth of the cloud, and the rise of polyglot programming. It survived these upheavals by evolving with them, and it continues to evolve even as we celebrate Java's twentieth birthday this year.
But the JVM turning twenty doesn’t make it out-of-date. On the contrary, Java's evolution has lead to a kind of renaissance. That's why we sat down with RedMonk earlier this month to discuss Java's past, present, and future on the Opinionated Infrastructure Podcast. Our discussion centered around Java's role in a web native era, and how major businesses continue to adopt Java and alternative JVM Languages such as JRuby, Scala, Groovy and Clojure for their most critical systems.
In this post, we'll add context to the Podcast discussion and the Java renaissance by retracing the history of the JVM. It’s a story of timing, struggle, competition, community and openness. It contains lessons about software you can apply to your own organizations, and its path through history even hints at a vision for the future. Let’s take a look back at the first twenty years of Java.

In the beginning… (1995-1998)

Java began as an internal project at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. The company wanted to create a language for programming next-generation television sets and remote controls. But by the mid-1990s, it was already clear that the online-revolution was beginning. In 1995, the “Internet” and the “World-Wide-Web” became the same thing in most people’s minds. Yahoo! was founded, Powell’s Booksstarted selling books online, and Pizza Hut launched an online delivery service. Fittingly, Sun changed direction to target the Web.
Java hit the ground running in May of 1995, and within five months Oracle, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Macromedia and Borland bought licenses. But the most notable endorsement of Java came from Netscape, which included the Java runtime in it’s free browser. At its peak, Netscape’s usage share was close to 90-percent, which meant Java had its foot-in-the-door in a big way.
A few commercial products were built on Java’s Applets technology, but client-side Java never took off. Server-side programmers, however, loved the “Write Once, Run Anywhere” principle that Java embraced. They also benefited from Java’s automatic memory management, the absence of buffer overflow errors, and the rapid feedback provided by its interpreted runtime. The groundwork had been laid for Java on the server.

Giant leaps and a bursting bubble (1998-2001)

As Java matured, it became faster, more secure and more robust. Sun added a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler, reflection and collections frameworks, database libraries, and the Swing graphical API. As a result, the runtime grew dramatically in size, which led to the release of Java 1.2 Micro Edition (J2ME), a compact runtime for mobile phones.
But then the bottom fell out of the market. The dot-com bubble burst -- hitting Sun hard. The company’s stock fell to $10 per share from a high of nearly $250 per share. This was the beginning of the end for the once great Silicon Valley heavyweight. But despite Sun’s financial trouble, new Java releases continued to offer performance and security improvements to the platform.
It was around this time that Sun created the Java Community Process (JCP) and the Java Certification Kit (JCK). The JCK was an effort to increase revenue from Java by charging alternative implementations, such as JRockit and Excelsior JET, for the right to call themselves “Java”.
The JCK, which exists today as the Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK), would end up having profound consequences on Java in the coming years.

Multiple cores and the benchmark wars (2001-2006)

As the 2000s rolled on, the industry recovered from the bubble and the JCP seemed to be functioning well. Java Specification Requests (JSRs) for the addition of features such as IPv6 support, regular expressions, assertions, logging APIs, and new I/O libraries were implemented and released in Java 1.4.
At about the same time, things were changing for chip manufacturers. Clock rate curves were flattening out, and the struggle to keep up with Moore’s Law became daunting. In 2004, Intel canceled its next-generation microprocessor project to focus on a dual-core chip. The future of the CPU was changing.
For software developers, the multi-core revolution signaled the end of the “free lunch”. Applications would no longer be able to leverage increasingly faster chips, without changing any code, to provide better performance.
Java reacted in a big way. In 2004, the release of Java 1.5 (a.k.a. Java 5.0) included an entirely new concurrency library. This new API and it’s underlying concurrency primitives made the JVM internals more efficient but also allowed Java developers to take advantage of multi-core CPUs within their applications. Java’s native threads, which could be scheduled by the operating system to run in parallel, made it possible for software performance to move in lock step with CPUs once again.
But the engineers at Sun were not the only programmers working on JVM internals. A growing number of alternative Java implementations were under development by BEA and IBM. BEA’s runtime, JRockit, included a management console (which exists today as Java Mission Control), deterministic garbage collection, multi-tier support channels, and an arguably better memory model.
The competition from these alternative JVMs led to improvements on all fronts. BEA, IBM and Sun challenged each other for dominance in the benchmarks of the day. The results included concurrent garbage collection, non-uniform memory access support, large page support, and heap compaction. Server-side Java performance was beginning to rival code written in C.
But as Java was taking the world by storm, Sun continued to be very bad at making money. The company reported a decline in revenue for 12th consecutive quarters. It also made its share of strategic blunders.

Politics and doldrums (2006-2010)

The release of Java 1.6 (a.k.a. Java 6) was the last major Java release for five years. Sun was bleeding and desperately trying to assert control over it’s most valuable asset: Java. As a result, the JCP began to fall apart when it’s members opposed Sun over a licensing dispute.
Sun’s Java License was too restrictive. It’s “field of use” clause prevented a truly open-source implementation of Java from being distributed by one of its licensees. This came to a head when the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) attempted to secure a license for its Harmony project. The end result was gridlock in the JCP, of which ASF was a member.
But as Java languished, a new crop of JVM-based languages emerged. These languages leverage the fact that Java code is compiled into bytecode that is executed by the JVM. Thus, language designers were able to write their own compilers to generate JVM bytecode.
One of the first, and most popular of these languages was JRuby. It exploited the concurrency features offered by the JVM to add new capabilities to the Ruby language, which was otherwise single-threaded. JRuby was soon followed by Groovy, Scala, Clojure and many others. Each language introduced features that were unique and unavailable in Java, allthewhile taking advantage of the performance and reliability of the JVM. Java was clearly still an industry leader, despite it’s lack of progress.
As if to confirm that Sun’s only strength was Java, the company renamed its stock ticker to JAVA in 2007. But it was too little too late. In the first quarter of 2008, Sun posted losses of $1.68 billion while revenue fell by 7%. That November, the company announced plans to lay off nearly 6,000 people (18% of its workforce). IBM was the first to flirt with buying the company. But the final suitor was Oracle, which purchased Sun in June 2009.
While Sun’s demise was slow and painful, the end result could be considered positive. The new JVM-based languages signaled a bright future for Java as a platform. And the foundation had been laid for a truly open source implementation of Java despite the JCP in-fighting. As the decade came to a close, things were looking up for Java.

A brave new world (2010-Today)

In the wake of the JCP dispute over licensing, Sun created the OpenJDK project: an effort to implement a truly open source version of Java. While the engineers from Sun were settling into their new roles at Oracle, the OpenJDK project grew. By 2011, the project had the full support of Oracle, IBM, RedHat, Apple and others. These companies contributed better garbage collectors, management tools, and more. Open source Java had arrived.
Java had its first release under Oracle nearly two years after Sun’s acquisition. Java 7 was somewhat lackluster, but it was the first Java release in which the reference implementation was free and open source under the GNU GPL License.
One notable feature of Java 7 was a new bytecode instruction called invokedynamic. This instruction supported method invocations in the absence of static type information. Java is a statically typed language and couldn’t make use of this instruction in Java 7. It was created specifically for dynamic languages such as JRuby and Groovy. The addition of invokedynamic was the first indication that alternative languages would get first class support on the JVM.
Today, languages such as JRuby, Scala and Clojure are no longer considered emerging. They are used in production environments all over the globe. Developers adopt these languages to implement unique solutions to long standing problems. Business adopted these languages because they offer the same reliability and security as Java itself. The software world is changing, and Java is changing with it.
Java’s biggest release ever came in 2014. Java 8 included new language features like Lambdas and Streams, improved date and time APIs, eliminated the long despised permanent-generation memory (memory that could not be reclaimed by the garbage collector), and introduced a new Javascript runtime called Nashorn. Nashorn is lightweight, high-performance, and leverages the invokedynamic instruction. It’s capable of running common Javascript tools, and may even run Node.js thanks to the Nodyn project.
Nashorn is just one more example of how far Java has evolved since it’s early days. The JVM is a platform for a wide range of languages running on an even wider range of devices. Java is portable, flexible and open. And those are the characteristics that will define how it is used through the rest of the decade and beyond.

The next twenty years

When Oracle purchased Sun, nearly 6 years ago, most developers were skeptical of how it would affect the future of Java. Would Oracle narrow the scope of it’s openness? Would they hinder the community’s ability to contribute JSRs? Thus far, Oracle has upheld Sun’s promise of an open JVM. Today, Java is more accessible than ever, and the community is larger and more vibrant than it was in the Sun years.
Oracle still maintains a strong grip on the “Java” name and API design, as demonstrated by the Oracle v. Google dispute, and the TCK is still a source of revenue. But Oracle has also funded extensive open source improvements to the OpenJDK project. Could Java be more open? Yes, but it’s hard to complain about it’s current status given the history we’ve reviewed. It has grown under Oracle -- both in openness and adoption.
Today, the JVM runs on an estimated 89% of computers, 3 billion mobile phones, and 125 million TV devices. There are 9 Million Java developers worldwide and Java is at the top of the TIOBE Index. But Java is not the only JVM Language on the list. The TIOBE Index includes Scala, Groovy and Clojure.
Alternative JVM languages are powering critical systems at Netflix, Twitter, LinkedIn, Square and Google. At Heroku, alternative JVM languages have become nearly as popular with our users as Java itself. Organizations are able to leverage these languages with little cost to tooling and without having to retrain an entire team of developers.
The Java language will always be the flagship of the platform, but the future of the JVM is polyglot programming. Software developers are no longer content to solve all problems with a single language. The JVM enables developers to choose the right tool for the job and allows those tools to interoperate using a consistent and robust platform.
While the languages used to implement JVM-based applications are growing, the JVM’s ability to run in more and more places is growing too. Java is powering the Internet of Things with it’s portability, and the next release of Java will further improve this capability. Project Jigsaw, a proposal for a modular JVM, will enable more compact runtimes that run on the smallest devices without giving up networking, database connectivity or other essential features.
Java has become more than just a language. It is a platform, an API, and a community. Businesses trust the JVM with their most important and sensitive technologies. This is due to it’s maturity, reliability and security. Java is at the precipice of the next-generation of software and hardware. No matter what trends emerge, developers and businesses will look to Java as a platform that can to create innovative products

18 Best Free Java IDE Softwares

Here are 18 best free Java IDE software. These let you create various useful Java applications easily. All these Java IDE software are completely free and can be downloaded to Windows PC. These free software offer various features, like: lets you build Java applications, testing for JUnit, TestNG, debugging, code inspections, code assistance, support for multiple refactorings, Maven build tools, ant, visual GUI builder and code editor for XML, Java, make backend server, do data modeling and build queries, builds classes in Java and transform tables into objects in Java, lets you build cross platform and professional mobile, web, enterprise and desktop applications etc. So, go through this list of free Java IDE software and see which ones you like the most.

You can download these IDEs by writing their name at google.

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition

IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is a free Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Android app development, Scala, Groovy, Java SE and Java. Its various features are testing for JUnit, TestNG, debugging, code inspections, code assistance, support for multiple refactorings, Maven build tools, ant, visual GUI builder and code editor for XML, Java. 

Java Inventor

Java Inventor is a free Java IDE. It lets you build Java applications. With the help of this freeware you can also create webpages. It lets you make backend server, do data modeling and build queries. Java Inventor lets you do coding in Java. It builds classes in Java and transform tables into objects in Java.

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is a free Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment). It is extensively used by software developers. This is a cross platform Java IDE. With the help of this freeware software developers can build cross platform and professional mobile, web, enterprise and desktop applications. If you are looking for a free and useful Java IDE for creating Java based applications then you will find this software very useful. 

NaviCoder IDE for Java

NaviCoder IDE for JAVA is a Java IDE. This IDE is very useful for Java developers. It lets you debug and compile Java applications from the editor and lets you view java classes as well. Navicode IDE for Java lets you build complex Java applications. Its main features are JDK profiles, tabbed documents, package viewer, class viewer, wizards and project management. 

Jcoder Java IDE and Compiler

Jcoder Java IDE and Compiler is a free Java IDE and Java Compiler. By using this freeware software developers can build, debug, modify and navigate code quickly and more efficiently. You can combine this freeware with various JDK kits by customizing JDK profiles. Its main features are project wizards, syntax highlighting, editor, debugger interface, package viewer, project management and customizable user interface. 

SkyIDE

SkyIDE is a free Java IDE. It also supports Haskell, Pascal, Java, VB.NET, C#, Digital Mars D, Visual C++ Express, C++, OpenWatchcom, LCC, GNU C++, Borland C++ etc. It also has full support for multiple compilers and multiple projects beside with an advanced system of variables to create your commands for compiling software. SkyIDE transforms variables into values. It returns those values which are related to your files and projects and merge these values with the environment variables of Windows. 

Enide Studio 2014

Enide Studio 2014 is a free Java integrated development environment for creating Java applications. It also supports Eclipse, Java and JavaScript. It is very useful for Java developers. They can use this application to create highend mobile, web, enterprise and desktop Java applications. Its main features are editor, git addon, start explorer, rest client tool, GFM viewer, Mark down editor etc. 

ObjectScript

ObjectScript is a free Java IDE. By using this freeware software developers can build various cross platform Java Applications. Its main features are regular expressions, support for Windows COM, RPC-XML support, synchronization and threading, exceptions for error handling, various types of fields and methods, class system, compilation with byte code etc. 

Java Development Kit

Java Development Kit is a Java IDE for programmers and software developers. It is a useful integrated development environment for creating cross platform Java applications for mobile, web, enterprise and desktop. Its main features are Java debugger, dis-assembler class, javap, java byte code compiler, javac etc. This freeware is must for every Java programmer. 

BlueJ

BlueJ is a Java integrated development environment for programmers and software developers. It is useful for those who want to learn java and also for those who are already learning the java Programming language. Its main features are interactive object creation, debugger, virtual machine, compiler, inbuilt editor etc. BlueJ lets you build advanced Java applications for various domains. 

DrJava

DrJava is a free Java IDE for programmers, software developers and students. It lets you create Java applications easily. It is a lightweight software. Its main feature are unit testing tool, a source level debugger, an interactive pane for evaluating text of the program, intelligent program editor etc. If you are a java programmer then this freeware is must for you. 

Eclipse

Eclipse is a free Java IDE for developers and programmers. It lets you create various cross platform Java applications for mobile, web, desktop and enterprise domains. Its main features are Window Builder, integration with Maven, Mylyn, XML editor, Git client, CVS client, PyDev, Subversive - SVN Team Provider etc. It lets you provide various types of packages for software development. 

Javelin

Javelin is a free Java IDE. It is useful for java programmers and developers. With the help of this freeware, developers and programmers can build various Java applications. It is a lightweight application. It lets you offer code management and zero time synchronized generation. If you have a passion for Java programming then this freeware is must for you.

jEdit

jEdit is a free integrated development environment for Java programmers, analysts and developers. It lets Java developers and programmers to create various useful Java applications. Its main features are auto indentation, syntax highlighting, regular expressions, object embedding, key bindings, editable syntax coloring, text encoding sniffer etc. It is a lightweight application.

jGRASP

jGRASP is a useful integrated development environment for Java Programmers and developers. It is a lightweight application. It supports VHDL, Ada, Python, Objective-C, C++, C, and CSD for java etc. It also includes canvas viewer and dynamic object viewer which works in combination with the workbench and inbuilt debugger for Java. The main features of jGRASP are hash tables, binary trees, linked lists, queues and stacks etc. 

JSource

JSource is a free Java IDE. It is useful for Java developers and programmers. It lets them create useful cross platform java applications for various domains. It is a lightweight application. JSource lets you run, compile, edit and create java files. Its main features are syntax highlighting for multiple languages and Java Swing components. 

JotAzul

JotAzul is a free Java IDE for Java developers, programmers and students. Software developers and programmers can use JotAzul to create various Java applications in multiple domains. It is a lightweight application and offers various features to its users. If you are an aspiring Java programmer then this freeware is good for you. 

Asterix IDE

Asterix IDE is a Java IDE. It also supports HTML, C/C++ etc. This freeware lets you create various Java applications. It is an integrated development environment for Java developers, programmers and students. It lets Java developers and programmers create various useful Java applications in multiple domains. It is a lightweight software.