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> I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to be dealing with Java v1.5 instead of the latest features. Well I certainly hope not… LTS for Java 5 probably hit en
by flakes 3y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to be dealing with Java v1.5 instead of the latest features.
Well I certainly hope not… LTS for Java 5 probably hit end of life when he was 2. I’d say most likely the version being installed is Java 17, or 11 if theyre really dated. Java 8 would likely be the absolute minimum, mainly due to the industry being so slow to migrate away from it. Newer programmers are unlikely to ever know what Java felt like before generics and lambdas existed.
- progmetaldev 3y agoI hope not as well, but I went through the same school system. In 1994 I took a computer graphics course, and was taught Apple Basic. It was fun, but I already knew Atari Basic, so it didn't really help other than creatively. The skills did not transfer, even when I went to DOS QuickBasic in 1996! I hope that they have people that understand development, but I won't hold my breath. At least if he is stuck with v1.5, I can use it as an opportunity to increase my knowledge on newer versions, assuming he enjoys the language. I haven't even used or deeply looked into lambdas in Java (but have in a few other languages). He's enjoyed playing with Lua for Roblox, and I've gotten him to go through some of the easier C# tutorials from Microsoft where the execution happens right in the browser.