Foojay Podcast #40: Making Java Attractive for Beginners in Programming
- January 15, 2024
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“Public static void main string array” are the first words everyone sees when they start their first Java Hello World experiments.
Some teachers explain them, while others say you will understand each word later.
Is this a problem to attract more Java developers?
And how can we make the Java language more attractive for newbies? Let’s ask some experts…
Video
Podcast (audio only)
Guests
Elvira van der Ven
Matt Raible
Frank Delporte
Podcast Host
Deepu K Sasidharan
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Content
00:00 Introduction of the topic, guests, and host
02:40 Is Java a good language for beginners?
07:38 What other languages should be taught?
12:10 First languages learned by the guests
14:51 Does Java have a boilerplate issue?
24:01 Which Java version to learn for teaching?
26:41 How to make Java more attractive to beginners
35:54 Python versus Java
43:34 Tips for starters
49:23 What language gives the best job opportunities
56:55 Outro
Music
- Barbershop John
- Hermine Deurloo
- Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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Deepu is a polyglot developer, Java Champion, and OSS aficionado. He mainly works with Java, JS, Rust, and Golang. He co-leads JHipster and created the JDL Studio and KDash. He's a Senior Developer Advocate for DevOps at Okta. He is also an international speaker and published author.
Frank Delporte (@frankdelporte) is a Java Champion, Java Developer, Technical Writer at Azul, Blogger, Author of "Getting started with Java on Raspberry Pi", and Pi4J Contributor. Frank blogs about his experiments with Java, sometimes combined with electronic components, on the Raspberry Pi.
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