What do you think of Java ?

Hey ..

Considering as a high-level language is it as bad as people say (slow/useless) as it requires to install the jdk and takes too much resources!

i have experienced it a little -but not too involved to judge- so i wanna know your opinions !

Cheers.

I really, really don't like the syntax. It plainly sucks.

Structure.image.creationpoint.id(1) = new.structure.image.creationpoint.id

personally i like java, but the best way to find out is to try it yourself.

Well, I'm not that great of a programmer, though I try my best. I haven't had much experience with Java, as I've spent more time in web development than anything else, and I'm currently (attempting lol) to learn c++. But Java can do some pretty amazing things. For example I believe that the game RuneScape was created entirely with Java. Some other really cool things have been done with it as well, such as a spades game I played a little while ago. Anyways, as has been said earlier, the best way to determine if a language is right for you is to try it out. It's free and you have nothing to lose trying it out. Good luck! Hope I was helpful. =)

Not much. :D

No, seriously, I think that, like any language it has it's pro's and cons.

Pros: Write once, run anywhere (in theory) Solid language. Security constraints

Cons: Security constraints mess of installing software doesn't seem to be the preferred language of many experienced programmers.

In my personal opinion, spyware hit it bang on. Syntax sucks.

Java is pretty easy to catch on, once you get it. I don't think the syntax is all that bad, but that's my opinion.

I've worked with Java a bit, but I abandoned it for C++ :)

Just try it and see what you think.

@spyware: well the syntax is not an issue so far :right:

@ynori7: i did try it out, i wanted to know whats your opinions to see if tis worth getting involved with.

@-skitzo-: exactly i mean look at yahoo games too lol , and i think applets is a great development for web programming, not to mention the usual stuff like its potability, etc … btw nice sig :D.

@digitalchameleon: > doesn't seem to be the preferred language of many experienced programmers. yeah thats why i made this thread :D

and i agree .. and i noticed something too … that you can see the source of an applet by decompiling the .class file … which some how not cool lol.

@MinDistortionist: i don't think its that easy ,, but hey you might be right :).

@Uber0n: i'm interested in c++ too but since java is the future of programming langs (as ppl say) i'm kinda confused lol.

i'm gonna see where this goes :) … Thanks all for replying, i also wanna hear other ppls opinion B)

Thanks.

I had no experience in Java before this semester started. However I'm now taking my first Object Oriented Programming course here and its all Java based. So far I'm liking it. Its relatively self explanatory at the beginning for what I've dabbled with, but by no means have I gone into anything too complex yet…

i dont think the syntax is that bad. it can be slightly annoying, but things look a lot more like what they mean. java is closer to english than C/C++ and many other languages so it may make it easier to learn, at least i found it easier to learn (however maybe that was becuase i learned C++ first).

educated proffessors can say what they want but the reason the american universities dont turn out qualified programers isnt that they teach java…its that the way they teach it sucks. this result can be obtained with any language…

I dont know alot about java. So far I know that the syntax in it its kinda, ehh, strange. Ofc you can do some great things in it, but there are other languages that can do great things to you know.

if your going into object orientated programing then i say java is a good starting point, but i say hell and programming lanuage that allows me i++ instead of i = i + 1 is onto a winner!

ninocass wrote: i++ instead of i = i + 1 is onto a winner!

i+=1 ;)

i personally like java .i find that the syntax is similar to c/c ++it is a very good if you want to learn about object oriented programming