Various Topics on Programming

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I have left the developer scene for a few years and would like to know
what is the current application development langauge of choice. I am
thinking of using Java for some apps I am working on, but would like
to know what more seasoned programmer thinks about this.

Thanks.

..ckdropp..

phuile <phuile@yahoo.ca> wrote in news:1182147980.075880.5460
@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> I have left the developer scene for a few years and would like to know
> what is the current application development langauge of choice. I am
> thinking of using Java for some apps I am working on, but would like
> to know what more seasoned programmer thinks about this.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Depends on who you're programming for. C++ is still very common, as well
as that rubbish language called Java. Some "applications" are done with
web browsers now, and PHP's a very common language for that.

Since many languages derive from C++, if you've got that down you'll have
little difficulty translating.

Puckdropper
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phuile said:

> I have left the developer scene for a few years and would like to know
> what is the current application development langauge of choice. I am
> thinking of using Java for some apps I am working on, but would like
> to know what more seasoned programmer thinks about this.

You will discover that this question has almost as many answers as there
are programmers - most of them being either wrong or right for the
wrong reasons.

The real answer is that each language has different strengths and
weaknesses, and each programmer has different ways of thinking about
programming, and in any case you are far more likely to develop a good
program if you develop it in a language you know very well indeed.

I am one of the world's least ardent Java supporters. My view of Java
(which, no doubt, is tainted by all kinds of subconscious prejudices)
is that it is a badly-conceived and poorly-implemented language.
*Nevertheless*, if Java is what floats your boat, then I would
recommend that you use Java unless you know of compelling reasons not
to do that.

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Richard Heathfield
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