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Re:The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code by marginalia_nu on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:18PM (#37931721)
I'd totally pick Java for a new project in 2023.

The stable and mature ecosystem and fantastic tooling along with very low amount of library churn makes it one of the better options for anything server-side.

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Re:The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code by jupp0r on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:17PM (#37934204)
You get all of this by choosing Kotlin or Scala.
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Re:The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code by marginalia_nu on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:21PM (#37934270)
Yeah, but why though? Seems like mostly a bandaid for old Java version.
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Re:The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code by exabrial on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:46PM (#37935209)
I agree with this. Java8, Java17, and Java21 make Scala/Kotlin far less appealing while being mainstream.
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Re:The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code by pjmlp on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:27AM (#37940065)
The only reason to pick Kotlin instead of Java is because Google says so on Android.
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