MINNEAPOLIS, MARCH 4, 2025 — Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams requiring speed, quality, security and compliance at scale along the development lifecycle, today announced the results of their latest annual survey of the Java community, the Perforce 2025 Java Developer Productivity Report.
The report presents industry data and analysis on the key factors shaping Java development trends and actionable insights for Java team leads, managers, and executives.
Key findings centered on respondents’ biggest barriers to Java productivity, with a combined 53% citing insufficient tooling and long redeploys, which cause disruption in developer workflow. Other barriers to Java productivity include insufficient documentation (41%), communication issues between teams (38%), mismanaged timelines (32%), and developer turnover (26%).
Cloud Redeploy Times Create Productivity Barrier
The survey also found that 70% of respondents are using remote, containerized, or cloud-based development environments. Within that contingent, however, 52% noted redeploys of over five minutes—far surpassing the 23% who noted redeploys of that length in local development environments.
That pain point is even more pronounced for enterprise respondents, 54% of which noted remote deploys of five minutes or longer. In addition, more than 45% of respondents noted they had seen an increase in microservices startup times—with 22% of respondents noting an increase in their microservice startup times of 10% or more.
“Cloud and microservices environments are becoming increasingly complex. With that growing complexity, I’m not surprised that developers are seeing long redeploys in these environments. And, for teams working on tight timelines, it’s likely to be a significant source of frustration,” said Rod Cope, CTO at Perforce. “The need for productivity tools that keep developers in the flow can have a marked impact on development velocity and overall code quality.”
Businesses Are Turning to AI and Workgroups
The report also found that 49% of respondents from enterprise companies use productivity workgroups to investigate tools and implement solutions, and 60% are using AI tools for code completion.
“AI is no longer optional for businesses that want to stay on the cutting edge,” Cope said. “AI tools are constantly evolving and maturing—but they’re best used in concert with other productivity tactics.”
Overall, ChatGPT was the most popular AI tool at 52%, but enterprise respondents showed a preference for development-specific AI tools, with GitHub CoPilot clearly in the lead at 52% for this subset.
Interested parties can download the full 2025 Java Developer Productivity Report here.
A live webinar featuring analysis of the results will take place later this month. Those interested in attending can register here.
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