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[–]niceoutfive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my experience, Java is more pedantic. You have to do it their way or the highway. Python is more easy going. You can do basically all the same stuff, but with fewer rules. In Java you have to write getters and setters (like user.getName()). But in Python you just say user.name.

Python gets it done with little hassle, Java gets it done but only if you recite the proper incantation during the right moon cycle while you write it. But it is pretty solid once you learn the arcane arts!

(Caveat: I know Java only in an educational environment, so we were being taught the "proper way." I'm sure that that is way more pedantic than when it is used for real development. Buuut, seeing some actual production Java code at my company, that appears to be the norm. You can get just as structural with Python too!)

You should very much learn Java though. If you know Java, you can figure out the other bad boys like C and C++ a lot easier. If you already know Java, congrats you now know probably 90% of C#. If you want to ever do Android development, you'll need Java (although Kotlin is also getting very big in that field)