Should I Learn Java in 2018

Post by chespinoza » Fri, Jul 13, 2018, 10:03 PM UTC

Delmania wrote: post #78

levosmetalo wrote: post #7

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.

I'm in a startup using Java.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 14, 2018, 12:05 AM UTC

lmm wrote: post #90

jxub wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SBT is hellish though and the added complexity that Scala has imposes a lot of cognitive overhead. With Kotlin, you always end up writing cleaner Java and don't risk erring on the side of unneeded entanglement in the spaghetti monster that Scala can sometimes be.

> SBT is hellish though Agreed, ignore it, stick with Maven. > the added complexity that Scala has imposes a lot of cognitive overhead. That's just FUD and memes. Scala is more consistent than Java and much more consistent than Kotlin, which makes it much easier to concentrate on what your code is actually doing. (This is why you will see some very complicated functions and datatypes written in Scala - it's only real…