Java has amazing longevity. People have been writing articles about its demise, and yet, it is still here. I have programmed in Java for a long, long time. Get

Java has amazing longevity. People have been writing articles about its demise, and yet, it is still here. I have programmed in Java for a long, long time. Getters and setters, Maven and its vagaries, abundant use of patterns - all of these make sure people have strong opinions about it. If any new person wants to learn Java, my two cents: Master generics and lambda. Do not learn, master them. Learn to write bullet-proof code using those two concepts, including proper exception handling. You will learn about a lot of things in Java, just by mastering those two concepts.