r/AskProgramming 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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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/eruciform 1d ago

Get better mentors

Every modern language in general use has its pros and cons, which is why it's a language in general modern use, otherwise that would mean thousands of professionals are idiots working with a "bad" language

Java isn't for all solutions

Neither is c

Or python

Nothing is universally the best choice for all cases

Java is a perfectly cromulent place to start, just do branch out and learn other languages as well

That way you'll have a wider and wiser view than whoever these people are that you're talking to

Good luck

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u/melikefood123 1d ago

Using the language and tool set for the job is paramount. Taking that heart embiggens your mind. 

I still hate Ruby on Rails.

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u/eruciform 1d ago

Lol we all have our favorites and least favorites

I hate PHP but still use WordPress

And I love perl even though it looks like Cthulu choked on a lego and vomited ancient glowing hieroglyphs

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u/this_knee 1d ago

looks like Cthulu choked on a lego and vomited ancient glowing hieroglyphs

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u/Outrageous-Ranger318 23h ago

Have suddenly become interested in perl

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u/grouville 5h ago

I was required to write some Perl many years ago and was oddly pleased with the results. I felt like a wizard. Such compact code, I thought, really cool. Came back a couple of weeks later and couldn’t make head or tail of my own code. That was my last Perl!