Java is still widely used, and it's the main programming language that we use in our CS and CIS classes, but it's gone through some weird growing pains lately. NetBeans fell behind a bit after the transition to the Apache Project, which didn't help either.
(Fortunately, Java 8 is still an active Long Term Support release. Most Java shops seem to be sticking with 8 for the time being, until the tools and libraries catch up a little more with Java 11.)