I have in the past used pascal, ADA, C, C++ and changed over to Java about 3 years ago. Of all the languages I have used Java is my favorite.
reasons:
Its very easy to pickup the basics
Its well documented. Once you learn the basics of java its easy to pick up any of the new packages.
Its easy to document(Javadoc is great)
Its cross platform, I have never had any trouble with my server side code or GUI code.
Its the most productive language I have used.
It forces Object Oriented coding, which alot of C/C++ coders dont like at first but once you get the hang of it youll wonder how you did without it.
Admittedly the GUI is very difficult to start off with but once you get the hang of it it is very quick to use(especially with the GUI builder tools in forte or JBuilder).
I have coded many GUI apps with java and found it to be very quick to develop them with. Its not as fast as a native app when running but I have never had a user complain that it too slow.
Although I love Java I would have no problem learning a new language, although I dont really want to learn a Microsoft only language(which it is dont bullshit me that C# is cross platform) I would if it was better for a certain problem.
This is the typical my console is better than yours argument thats been going on for years. Each programmer likes the language he uses and doesnt want the hassel of learning a new language if he can possilbly fudge the solution with the language he uses.
Java wont die,.Net will do well and they will both co-exist and talk to each other using SOAP or whatever protocol is popular at the time.
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I have in the past used pascal, ADA, C, C++ and changed over to Java about 3 years ago. Of all the languages I have used Java is my favorite.
.Net will do well and they will both co-exist and talk to each other using SOAP or whatever protocol is popular at the time.
reasons:
Its very easy to pickup the basics
Its well documented. Once you learn the basics of java its easy to pick up any of the new packages.
Its easy to document(Javadoc is great)
Its cross platform, I have never had any trouble with my server side code or GUI code.
Its the most productive language I have used.
It forces Object Oriented coding, which alot of C/C++ coders dont like at first but once you get the hang of it youll wonder how you did without it.
Admittedly the GUI is very difficult to start off with but once you get the hang of it it is very quick to use(especially with the GUI builder tools in forte or JBuilder).
I have coded many GUI apps with java and found it to be very quick to develop them with. Its not as fast as a native app when running but I have never had a user complain that it too slow.
Although I love Java I would have no problem learning a new language, although I dont really want to learn a Microsoft only language(which it is dont bullshit me that C# is cross platform) I would if it was better for a certain problem.
This is the typical my console is better than yours argument thats been going on for years. Each programmer likes the language he uses and doesnt want the hassel of learning a new language if he can possilbly fudge the solution with the language he uses.
Java wont die,