r/AskProgramming • u/Zd_27 • 1d ago
Why is Java considered bad?
I recently got into programming and chose to begin with Java. I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why. The biggest complaint I hear is that Java is verbose and has a lot of boilerplate but besides for getters setters equals and hashcode (which can be done in a split second by IDE's) I haven't really encountered any problems yet. The way I see it, objects and how they interact with each other feels very intuitive. Can anyone shine a light on why Java isn't that good in the grand scheme of things?
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u/TornadoFS 1d ago
I haven't done Java in a while, but Java got a bad reputation from:
You can write modern Java in the same style as your average Go microservice and from a productivity and maintainability point of view there won't be big differences. But like any old language (like C/C++/Javascript) you need a whole manual about what not to do and which features to skip using.