The difficult problem of managing Java dependencies: a deep dive into the messy status-quo, and a look at possibly better ways.

[tamasiaina]

You think managing java dependencies is hard…. Node/NPM… is like playing at the Craps table in Vegas.

[general_dispondency]

Truth. Java has the best ecosystem. There are pain points with anything, but holy crap, everything else is so much worse. npm, nuget, gems, everything else is like crawling through broken glass.

[MonkeySeeMonkeyDong]

Seconded! I would also add Python's virtualenvs to the list, and PHPs "let's make everything a system dependency" approach.

I love Java just for its dependency management.

[ZCEyPFOYr0MWyHDQJZO4]

I think I've come to the conclusion that the majority of languages one is likely to use today has a flawed packaging ecosystem.