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Who chooses programming in Java? πŸ€”πŸ’»

Grzegorz Piechnik on December 21, 2023

Everyone has different preferences for choosing a programming language πŸŒπŸ’­, often based on specific project requirements or personal affinity. Java is chosen by those who... πŸ› οΈπŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»

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Lev N.

I hate python's syntax haha

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Grzegorz Piechnik

no way! i love it!

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Lev N.

I just can't handle forced indentation πŸ˜…

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Kaamkiya

That's something I've never heard before 🀣. But I guess if you're used to C-based syntax with lots of {}s then it would be quite weird.

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Lev N.

Yea forced indentation does not work for me πŸ˜…

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Arowolo Wahab Abiodun

Hmmm

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Nathan G Bornstein

The only application I can think of for web development is for working on the backend. For everything else, enterprise-level companies usually love Java. It's a tried and true programming language and can be found in a wide array of devices.

I do think Java gets a lot of unnecessary flack though πŸ˜‚ the syntax is quite verbose and it takes a lot of it to do relatively simple things. I think that's one of the reasons for the hate

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Grzegorz Piechnik

Syntax is quite verbose and it takes a lot of it to do relatively simple things.

100%!!

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Bigou

Depressives and people who like to write a lot of code for very little.

Seriously, what motivates people to use such a heavy tool?
The language is so classic in syntax that I don't feel the slightest joy in writing it.

If I had to compare Java to a person, I'd say it's a serious guy with no personality.

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Meat Boy

The language is so classic in syntax that I don't feel the slightest joy in writing it.

You don't have to. In most cases, it's a solid "tool" to solve the business problem. You don't expect from hammer to be fancy and "joyful" but to have a solid grip and be able to drive a nail.

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Kshitij Chawla

Yes. But joylessness is one less reason to use it.
Java didn't used to have good alternatives for what it offered even just 15yrs ago, but now there are plenty of good ones, especially when the needs are more specialized, so if one starts on a new codebase, there are a lot less scenarios where Java is automatically presumed to be the best choice.

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Red Ochsenbein (he/him) • Edited

Yeah, but then you wouldn't build a hammer factory and a nail factory. πŸ˜†

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Meat Boy

Haha, yeah. However this can be applied to many other languages too.

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Lucas Boillot

It seems about right haha

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Arnaud Dagnelies

Over my long career I've gone through C++, Java, Python, Javascript, Typescript and a few more exotic languages. Of all of these Java was the most "robust". While I love python for "scripts", C++ for low-level performance critical stuff, JS/TS for web stuff, I still consider Java the better choice by far for applications that grow in complexity and require long term support. I'm not sure what the bashing is about. Ignorance?

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Arnaud Dagnelies • Edited

Ironically enough, I think that because you can master complexity well with Java, many libs in the ecosystem are overengineered rather than KISS, turning a strength of the language in a weakness. The JDK could need some simplifictions too.

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Olivia Anderson

...want to write a program that starts slowly, gradually warms up, and then runs for decades without ever stopping.

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Prasad Saya

I learnt Java for the sake of learning a new programming language and then had opportunities to work as well as learn the various aspects and capabilities of the language. By chance I wrote some Java code for fun and enjoyed it (see scribonotes).

With Java you can write code in procedural (rarely), object-oriented, functional and reactive programming. You can develop applications for desktop, web, mobile and for devices.

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Keyla C.

I only have an affinity for Java because it is currently the only language I know. It's what was taught in Programming I.

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Saurabh Rai • Edited

I do, day and night. Not to mention, it's Spring as well.

I write 50+ letters to declare a function.

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Lloyd Smith

Practical people who want the best libraries, static typing, and no nonsense.

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Sohail Pathan

Who loves scalability

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Mohammed

Found Head First Java up on their Dad's bookshelf as a kid :)

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Anatoly

... takes language popularity into account when researches the market to earn money.

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Nikkie Folts

Vanilla Java is a bit clunky, but it boils down to frameworks.... Quarkus is a great framework for building a Java applications... makes Java great again 😏

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Akshay Kumar Bharadwaj

For Android Dev...It's useful...Btw I follow kotlin😜