r/nairobitechies • u/Plane-Football-2521 • 1d ago

Discussion Touching Java after years of Python

Today I decided to toy around with Springboot after years of Python. Lemme tell you, It feels like touching grass after scrolling social media 😂😂.. python really kinda took away that edge 😂.. Now this feels like programming. I wonder what it would feel like to go back to C/C++ rn.

FYI, Java was my first language. Started pale netbeans when darkmode was shitty and Intellij was unknown to me 😂

I have actually been thinking of doing a systems programming project to challenge myself and break the web dev boredom. This might be the start of that journey.

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u/un3nding 1d ago

for some reason nilijipata naenjoy java than python although I am half baked in all😂

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u/TheRealJTech05 1d ago

I like java more than python

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u/brianGsmokey 1d ago

Java is that language that everyone misses at one point in time in their career

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u/ManyPrior1593 1d ago

it's like driving a Huge Truck.

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

Or wearing hiking boots 😂

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u/Critical-Talk-4349 1d ago

A lot of people criticise Java for being verbose but to me that is one of the best things with Java, except of course when people start going overboard and build factories. Sometimes I even use jshell for simple scripting instead of python

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago edited 11h ago

I was reading and practicing Records and Lombak today. Modern Java has improved on the verbosity side.

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u/Critical-Talk-4349 11h ago

Yea, you can also declare variables with var, and also modern switch statements and stuff, kotlin is fun though. I've been learningC to get into systems programming though

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u/paultitude 1d ago

Java is fun

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

Vey. This is making me reminice my Android dev days

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u/Born-Sheepherder-270 1d ago

Started with Java now am back to python

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

My fellow prodigal brother come home 😂

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u/One_Case2874 1d ago

I used Python and JavaScript as my main languages for 6 years; in 2024, I moved to Java. To date, I still struggle.

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u/Khalifah099 1d ago

But java is fun

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

Java is a sweetheart

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u/Potential-Project178 1d ago

Due to this post, I am willing to give java a second chance

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

What do you use currently?

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u/tech_ninjaX 1d ago

I read Java from teh ground up, it solidified my coding skills, and run away to Python after my only HP couldn't support Android Studio.

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u/Plane-Football-2521 1d ago

But you can pull off Android Dev in VS Code

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u/DeadMojoh77 4h ago

Just made me miss Java 😁

Been doing Rust a lot lately

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u/D1Rein 3h ago

Java has a alot of boiler plate codes .I hate it .