Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by fastbmk » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:36 AM UTC

Should I Learn Java in 2018
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Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

#2

Post by sillysaurus3 » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:48 AM UTC

Learn Kotlin! It's a lot of fun. And gradle is a nice build system.

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

#3

Post by StreamBright » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:49 AM UTC

Kotlin or Clojure would be a bit more fun to learn, still be able to benefit from running on the JVM.

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:50 AM UTC

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#5

Post by bnolsen » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:50 AM UTC

maybe consider cobol instead?

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by fgheorghe » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:51 AM UTC

Learn whatever language is in demand. Stay away from Python, Ruby and other such glamorous, but limited languages.

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by levosmetalo » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:51 AM UTC

If you want a low stress good paid job, where you would be able to rush home at 5pm, then yes.

If you are looking for excitement, learn $hype_of_the_year and join a startup, but be ready to learn $hype_of_the_next_year soon.

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by jgh » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:51 AM UTC

StreamBright wrote: post #3

Kotlin or Clojure would be a bit more fun to learn, still be able to benefit from running on the JVM.

+1 for clojure

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by jrs95 » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:52 AM UTC

Java is old, and it may not be fashionable, but it’s still so widely used that every other JVM language is just a drop in the bucket by comparison. It’s not particularly difficult to learn either. Seems like it would be good for your career even with all the warts the language and APIs have.

Re: Should I Learn Java in 2018

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Post by matteuan » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 11:53 AM UTC

if you learn Scala, you'll learn also Java as side effect