Maturing is realizing that java is a good language that gits the job done and has great balance of simplicity, expressiveness and speed, and JVM is a very good ecosystem. The main issue is that it's owned by Oracle. But I guess it's better than google atleast.
Fully viable option today. I make money with it. And was never hired as a "Clojure dev" . We need to do X, I find that clojure is great for X, and start creating.
C# is just too easy for me now (which is also what I use at work) but maybe one day I'll have a hobby project I can use as a way to dip my toes back into clojure.
All of our chip vendor's code is in C, and it's fully certified, so the entire hardware integrity stack is C. Less flaky and far leaner than the C++ applications in the HLOS.
Java is weird and I don't like it. It's the go-to language to learn as a first programming language in school and university, but the kind of Java that is actually used in corporate jobs, with all the weird frameworks and libraries, is so far removed from school Java that it feels like a whole different thing. Maven is weird and confusing and I don't get it (but I'm perfectly fine with Php's Composer and JS npm/yarn). And I have yet to come across any sort of real life problem where OOP is a better solution than Functional Programming.
Java as first programming language? My first programming language in school was Terrapin/MS Logo (that thing with the turtle) and then Python, IIRC.
And yeah, Maven is an absolute pain. My last workplace used it and it makes me extra glad that I don't work there anymore.
I'm more partial to OOP, though. I just find it easier to organise data and functionalities by class/object and not make a mess that way, I guess. Plus, I mainly do gamedev/adjacent stuff these days, which largely seems to be object-oriented, at least when it comes to the most popular engines.
Kotlin can be great, but the amount of syntactic sugar available very easily baits undisciplined devs into writing very concise, wholly incomprehensible code. I’d pick it for a project where I know and trust every dev who will work on it, but not for something that might get a lot of touches from a lot of people.
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Maturing is realizing that java is a good language that gits the job done and has great balance of simplicity, expressiveness and speed, and JVM is a very good ecosystem. The main issue is that it's owned by Oracle. But I guess it's better than google atleast.
I prefer Clojure on the JVM 10/10 tho.
Learning clojure in uni for AI (not the kind we call AI now though) was so much fun. I wish I had more reasons for me to have kept up with it.
Fully viable option today. I make money with it. And was never hired as a "Clojure dev" . We need to do X, I find that clojure is great for X, and start creating.
C# is just too easy for me now (which is also what I use at work) but maybe one day I'll have a hobby project I can use as a way to dip my toes back into clojure.
personally i prefer systems that support basic features like operator overloading, multiple inheritance, and unsigned integers
Great. Clojure does all of that, although it eliminates the need to use them often.
Is java a money maker these days?
No not really. It combines the worst of all worlds. Working with it is a slog, and it's mostly used in shitty corporate jobs.
idk, I'm not a Java dev
I'm making more money slinging C++, C, and Assembly than I was with Java.
"C is old and outdated, it isn't safe, nobody uses it anymore, nobody will hire you"
🤣
All of our chip vendor's code is in C, and it's fully certified, so the entire hardware integrity stack is C. Less flaky and far leaner than the C++ applications in the HLOS.
not anymore than any other dev stack per my understanding
For oracle, yeah
Kinda dead language outside of corporate maintenance. There's really no reason to use Java when Kotlin and all other flavors exist.
Make jar not war
.war huh? Yeah! What is it good for?
Cutting quarterly expenditures by delaying expensive infrastructure migrations that would save money in the long run!
Java is weird and I don't like it. It's the go-to language to learn as a first programming language in school and university, but the kind of Java that is actually used in corporate jobs, with all the weird frameworks and libraries, is so far removed from school Java that it feels like a whole different thing. Maven is weird and confusing and I don't get it (but I'm perfectly fine with Php's Composer and JS npm/yarn). And I have yet to come across any sort of real life problem where OOP is a better solution than Functional Programming.
Maven is far easier if you... use gradle instead.
fax, no printer
I'm not entirely sure what you want to say, but Gradle utilizes Maven repositories.
So if you need to use maven, consider not using maven.
And if you're trying to use dependencies, it doesn't really matter where you get them from. NPM is as useless as NuGet, as Maven and every other one.
Okay, NPM might be even worse.
Fax = facts
No printer = extending the pun
I'm saying you're right
Thanks for explaining. I still don't get the other answer I got.
which one?
https://lemmy.zip/comment/28727340
Java as first programming language? My first programming language in school was Terrapin/MS Logo (that thing with the turtle) and then Python, IIRC.
And yeah, Maven is an absolute pain. My last workplace used it and it makes me extra glad that I don't work there anymore.
I'm more partial to OOP, though. I just find it easier to organise data and functionalities by class/object and not make a mess that way, I guess. Plus, I mainly do gamedev/adjacent stuff these days, which largely seems to be object-oriented, at least when it comes to the most popular engines.
Logo! 90 R 10 L 10 L 10 L (I'm sure that's not how it was written but it's how I remember it).
Had to look it up because it's been a LONG while, it's actually RT 90 and LT 10.
I remember trying (and failing) to make games with this thing
java sucks but kotlin in great
Kotlin can be great, but the amount of syntactic sugar available very easily baits undisciplined devs into writing very concise, wholly incomprehensible code. I’d pick it for a project where I know and trust every dev who will work on it, but not for something that might get a lot of touches from a lot of people.
I've heard of that one but just can't find the time to try it out. What uses is it best for?
android app devlopment
Oh, okay. I already have Godot for Android apps if I decide to make one tho, but will keep it in mind
It's by definition not slander if it's true.
Given that fact, slander about Java is exceptionally rare 😉
If I have to target the JVM, Clojure > Kotlin > Scala >>>>>>>>>> Java.
I tried, over and over for more than twenty years, but I still hate it. Anything but Java, I'll even take COBOL with a rusty spoon instead.