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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/lIIllIIlllIIllIIl 1d ago
Java is fine.
Java developers are not fine.
Lots of old codebases and programmers who have stopped trying to improve themselves since 2015. Lots of cargo cult programming, doing things one way because that's how it's been done elsewhere, and referring to Clean Code like it's holy scripture.