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I developed Java (Swing, Spring, JavaFX), managed tomcat deployments, good stuff. I think my question is, do most Java developers really know what goes outside
by ilovecaching 8y ago
I developed Java (Swing, Spring, JavaFX), managed tomcat deployments, good stuff.
I think my question is, do most Java developers really know what goes outside of their window? Every language has a good story for web apps these days. The web is ubiquitous. You can write in Phoenix, Cowboy, Rails, Sinatra, Express, "net/http", Django, Laravel, Flask, Rocket... Java is literally middle of the pack at best. So that's not a compelling reason to use Java. So then we have to look at the rest of Java. Is there anything else in there that would make it better for web dev than a simple Go/Ruby/Python/Javascript/Rust/Elixir app? No? Ok, then let's not use Java. Java excels at being mediocre at everything, but the best at nothing.
- pjmlp 8y agoWe rather enjoy the state of the art IDEs, JIT and GC compilers from Java and .NET, while slowly enjoying watching hipster startups rewrite their stacks when customers come flooding in. Ask Twitter how their Rails apps is holding on.
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- jacques_chester 8y ago> Java is literally middle of the pack at best A warm JVM is faster than a greased millenium falcon.