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Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development (github.blog)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/programming@programming.dev

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Funny story, friend and I were just talking last night about how Java 8 is still used everywhere.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Moving to Kotlin taught me to appreciate the underlying fundamentals in the JVM and the patterns present in Java.

I'd rather not use Java today, though. Kotlin is basically Java but with the best practices enabled by default and the bad parts made impossible at a language level.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I need to know more. What are the bad parts that are disabled? Which best parties are enabled at the language level?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

null safety, to my understanding

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

For one thing, the file and class name must be the same. While it is good practice, making it mandatory requirement limits flexibility.