Why Java is Cool

The Pragmatic Craftsman :: Simplicity from complexity : by Stanley Kubasek ::

August 25th, 2004 | In Java | Comments Off

I come across a very interesting post today: a post that explains why Java is cool. I think the poster has some very good points about Java and I agree with him. Yeah, Java is cool and hopefully it will be cool for a long time. I’m excited about Java 1.5: it has some very nice features that will make Java more useful and easier. So why is Java cool? Here are the top-level reasons from the post (make sure you read his explanation on each one):

1. Java has considerably fewer surprises2. Java is not slow3. Swing is improving a lot4. Java’s libraries…5. Java has lots of good (free) IDEs6. Java is a programming platform

“So basically Java is cool because Java is for everybody. Not just a geek-only thing.”

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The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases. — Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy - 4 days agoThe ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. — Hans Hoffmann - 9 days agoSo much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things. — Ryan Singer - 15 days agoGood code is short, simple, and symmetrical - the challenge is figuring out how to get there. — Sean Parent - 17 days agoSimplicity carried to the extreme becomes elegance. — Jon Frankli - 21 days ago

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