Is java still great in international communities?

Lot of Minecraft Kids in germany are very active

Which programming language you think is not sucks?
What programming languages you use?

C#.NET all the way <:

Let's just summarize for a bit here eh?

Java originates from the INITIAL C language, and let's just say that this, of course, renders Java to be an easy target for ridicule by the skeptics. I also have to admit that Java can easily be outdone by other languages for the purpose that MOST PEOPLE ONLINE start to want to learn to code.

People on MPGH for an example holds no respect for Java, and I get why, because for the purpose of developing cheats, C is far beyond Java. But Java is still great, and for its original intended purpose, Java will still reck any pussy on MPGH that complains about Java being sucky sucky, because JAVA IS MEANT TO BE EASY FOR C PROGRAMMERS TO LEARN.

WHAT? C PROGRAMMERS? Yes you heard me right, it's not INSTEAD of C, it's basically made to be easy to learn. And this has actually always been the case. Java has always been an easy language to learn, and it still fucking is, and for its purpose it's still holding up to be a great programming language. For people messing around and not intending to be a full-fledged developer, yeah of course they don't want to learn Java, but neither are they learning many other languages. A full-fledged developer shouldn't have a hard time going from one Object-Oriented Language to another, because they are not only similar, they derive from similar origins.

Their purpose however, is completely different.

And no, in no way is Javascript a 'better' language or 'easier' language to learn. But, as a big fan of Javascript and someone who also knows Java is for more than webapplets .. lol .. then sure, Javascript can be taught as easily too, it's just not as widespread as an 'easy' language to learn, but it is in no way inferior in that aspect to Java, but in my opinion, all languages are easy to learn. If you want to become a good developer you will have to learn the basics, whether you learn it in Java or C, doesn't matter.

But you should know, Java as a derivative from C, is made to be easier to comprehend and understand, meaning going from Java to another Object Oriented Language will be a hell lot easier than if you start by learning PHP and Javascript.

3 years with Java .. I'm amazed you haven't already self-taught yourself other languages on the side...

Please note I am totally biased as I'm a java developer ........... Good luck have fun ...

I was just trying to say, Java helped me become able to learn C languages way easier than what I was already haggling through, and as such I think Java is still passable as educational content. Java isn't really useful for much other than Android programming, but then again, Xamarin. xD

I mostly agree with you though, but people who learns Java doesn't have the same intentions as those learning JavaScript, and JavaScript is such a good language, really fun too.

Java is what it is today because it's universal. Unless Google pushes Kotlin heavily into Android development, I don't see it going anywhere.

Also, why don't you use Lua? I'm not saying it's superior to NodeJS performance wise, but it's better than Python.

Java still widely used in enterprise. As mentioned it has many different data structure implementations in the standard library. Other benefits:
- Easy to use multi threading, with many advanced locking mechanisms and other ease-of-use methods.
- Great for backend web server development, with frameworks such as Spring-
- Cross platform, easy to make GUI applications with JavaFX.

Also Java has really nice build systems, mvn and gradle. And latest, it is very easy to deploy java apps in containers.

Depends on what you're using it for.

The article really only discusses that java isn't as beginner friendly in an educational context, it states that it's still a dominant language in the industry.

On a side note, as someone who's gone from a dynamic to a static language, I can really appreciate how much nicer it is to use. Although, from a learning perspective I agree, javascript is a whole lot simpler. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what you learn, the skills should be transferable from one language to another.