X-Received: by 2002:a37:d9c2:: with SMTP id q63mr442836qkl.61.1551273492442; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:18:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a81:100a:: with SMTP id 10mr1039473ywq.341.1551273491808; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:18:11 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!m21no1196022qta.0!news-out.google.com!o7ni755qta.1!nntp.google.com!m21no1196013qta.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:18:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.78.95.177; posting-account=2czF5goAAAD4GBMPIGV4KcD2K4PhoB_H NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.78.95.177 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <38a65abc-9f8b-49f6-b55c-490e32069bd2@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: java still worthwhile? From: Eric Douglas Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:18:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lines: 29 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:38736 On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 5:25:25 PM UTC-5, dale wrote: > Is java still worth my effort? Just a pastime and something resulting to= =20 > note in my resume. I know the fundamentals of object oriented=20 > architecture, design and programming. Don't quite like using Netbeans=20 > IDE, or any other IDE, but could get used to it ... >=20 > --=20 > dale - https://www.dalekelly.org/ Java has been worth our while for the past decade or so, I can only assume = the future for it is still bright. I wasn't crazy about Netbeans last I tried it, though I hear they completel= y rewrote it since, but am fine with Eclipse. Everyone needs to know how object oriented architecture works because that = is modern programming whether you're using Java, Javascript, C#, or one of = the other popular languages. If you're not working with objects you're liv= ing in the dark ages. I write relatively simple Java for a small business. I have my own fairly = extensive API I've been working on for over 10 years, but I don't currently= use anything fancy. If you want to work for a corporation you'll need to = know ant, gradle, Spring, or other such tools. I just right click my proje= ct and select export as jar. Tools can make things easier, particularly if= you're on a team of developers (I've had some help here and there but I'm = basically a one man team), but some tools can also restrict what you're abl= e to do. I like being able to customize every bit of code to do exactly wh= at I had in mind.