It's kind of a shame that Java has such a bad rap in the US. It's a great language, it's extremely stable, and it's got excellent support, especially in the commercial sphere. And when you're...
It's kind of a shame that Java has such a bad rap in the US. It's a great language, it's extremely stable, and it's got excellent support, especially in the commercial sphere. And when you're using something like IntelliJ, it practically writes the code for you. Plus Java has some of the best GUI toolkits I've personally ever used.
And of course, the worst thing that has ever happened to Java is Oracle. Let's just say that the article's explanation of why most people are still using Java 8 is a bit tame. They have basically divested their public support and decided to only focus on developers who are willing to pay Oracle for their software and services, and they've cut support for a lot of their supporting software. Developers are expected to deploy their own JVM now, and that's going to be OpenJDK because Oracle decided they want to make more money on HotSpot. You'll also have to get your own IDE because Oracle 'graciously donated' it to Apache, where it will die the same slow death as OpenOffice.org.
It's kind of a shame that Java has such a bad rap in the US. It's a great language, it's extremely stable, and it's got excellent support, especially in the commercial sphere. And when you're using something like IntelliJ, it practically writes the code for you. Plus Java has some of the best GUI toolkits I've personally ever used.
And of course, the worst thing that has ever happened to Java is Oracle. Let's just say that the article's explanation of why most people are still using Java 8 is a bit tame. They have basically divested their public support and decided to only focus on developers who are willing to pay Oracle for their software and services, and they've cut support for a lot of their supporting software. Developers are expected to deploy their own JVM now, and that's going to be OpenJDK because Oracle decided they want to make more money on HotSpot. You'll also have to get your own IDE because Oracle 'graciously donated' it to Apache, where it will die the same slow death as OpenOffice.org.