Java ecosystem is huge and consists of countless libraries in the wild, including core java libraries as well as third party libraries. Every Java library tries to solve one or the other common java programming tasks and helps in effective and efficient programming.
Some of the most used core libraries include names like java.lang, java.util, java.io, java.sql, java.net whereas popular third party libraries include names like Junit, SLF4J, Google Guava, XStream, JSoup, Gson, Joda Time and the list is very long.
Let’s look at the top java libraries that solve the most common programming tasks and stand out from the rest in terms of use and popularity.