AI Tools Now Essential in Java Dev’s Productivity Arsenal

A new report on the state of Java development reveals that insufficient tooling and long redeployments are the biggest productivity barriers for 53% of Java developers, while the use of AI tools is growing amongst Java developers.

Perforce Software, a DevOps and Java dev tool company, this week released the results of its latest annual survey of the Java community, the Perforce 2025 Java Developer Productivity Report, which cited these issues and others.

Impact of AI

AI has had a clear impact on Java development, as only 12% of respondents…