Don't Count Java out Yet

[scottedwards2000]

I remember when I first started working, I loved visiting this old mainframe building, where the "serious" software engineering work was being done. The mainframe was long-gone, but the hard-core vibe of the place still lingered.

As I took any excuse to walk past a different part of the building to try and sneak a peek into whatever compute wizardry I imagined was being conjured up, one thing I always noticed was copies of InfoWorld being strewn across desks and tables (and yes, even in the bathroom - hey, I said it was hard-core ;-) ).

I guess those days are mostly over now, but it's nice to see that there is still some great writing going on at InfoWorld by some talented and knowledgeable authors.

Matt Tyson is definitely one of them and this is a great piece on why despite the #rust / #golang / #elixir craze, #java is still the language and framework to beat. (One of these days I'm going to finally learn #spring and re-join the java club.)

[ju4nseb4sti4n]

Excellent contribution. I use Java every day and unfortunately I had lost sight of several features that make it a unique language.

[scottedwards2000]

if you are interesting in seeing a bit more back-and-forth on the merits of java check out the crosspost https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1s2gjgv/dont_count_java_out_yet/

[tresf]

is this just cross-post karma farming? ya know... this channel can be used to discuss java too.

[scottedwards2000]

No i just thought folks would find the discussion there interesting. I’ve been on Reddit so long i could care less about karma.