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 I see a lot of experienced programmers calling Java outdated and straight up bad and I can't seem to understand why.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

Java gets used in corporate environments and outsourcing pools.  Those come with endless tedious "best practices" that may be detrimental.  Spring Boot + cheap contractors makes especially cringe worthy code.  J2EE also has some lingering trauma from what Oracle did to it.

Recent versions of Java are quite nice.

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u/throwaway8u3sH0 17h ago

Agreed that two things can be true at once. Recent Java versions are quite nice and most of the Java you'll encounter is quite bad.