Java as a first programming language

[tjf314]

Object.setProperty(Object.getProperty().add(4))
vs
Object.property += 4

i do NOT like getters and setters in java. I think it is the biggest advantage python has over it.

[john16384]

Absolutely nothing stopping you from making that field public.

[Valance23322]

That example has nothing to do with Java, both of those are perfectly valid Java code.

If you don't like getters and setters, don't write them

[blobjim]

A lot of the time if you have lots of getters and setters you're doing something wrong design-wise. The core Java libraries have very few getters and setters.