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Would you care to elaborate? I'm about to move to a Java shop and for a long time I've just been taking the criticism of Java at face value. Now that I will h
by Periodic 16y ago
Would you care to elaborate?
I'm about to move to a Java shop and for a long time I've just been taking the criticism of Java at face value. Now that I will have a stake in it I am really interested in what people who have been with Java a long time are seeing as the trends.
- bad_user 16y agoIf it suits your needs, you don't need trends to use it. And nonetheless, it has a vibrant open-source ecosystem. That said, in order for it to evolve, I fear a fork is needed (which for mobile apps, has already happened with Android).
- locopati 16y agoI'll venture a guess - there hasn't been enough clear focus on what Java7 will be and there's been a long gap between 6 & 7 (4yrs versus 2yrs for previous versions). Combined with Oracle's acquisition of Sun, there are a lot of questions in the air. Hopefully, JavaOne in September will provide some answers. That said, Java is a good enough language and still quite powerful. You can do a lot of things that are possible in other languages, but the code isn't as concise. There are open-source libraries and frameworks for just about everything. Spring and Google have both taken up Sun's slack. Java's not going away any time soon because it's too widely used.