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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by ceronman on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:12PM (#24535323)
I was in a similar position a couple of years ago. I recommend the book "Core Java for the Impatient" by Cay Horstmann. The printed version is for Java 8 but there is a preview available for Java 11. It's a concise book but it covers all the important bits.

Regarding the "bite the bullet". I was also a bit afraid, but Java is a great language. Yes, it's a bit verbose but that's compensated by its amazing tooling, specially IntelliJ IDEA.

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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by dunefox on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:19PM (#24535397)
Tooling doesn't make the language great. Java is still objectively worse than many other languages, especially Kotlin.
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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by pulse7 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @02:32PM (#24536137)
Your "objective" view is very subjective... A comment from above (yagodragon): "I think that Java is seriously being downplayed by HN crowd."
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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by bluedevil2k on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:23PM (#24535447)
There’s nothing that makes a programming language good or bad - they all can do the job. It’s a matter of personal preference - Java might be “objectively worse” for you, but it might the best language possible for thousands of other developers.
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