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Anon tries programming in Java (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by LiamTheBox@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, Java has lots of merits. For example, once you know layout managers, you can have a resizable GUI app in no time. It's the exact opposite of arranging things pixel by pixel. You just define "I want a grid of these buttons south and a big text field in the center" and Java will do the rest. I whip up apps like this for the silliest things, like noting which dungeon has what rotating boss this week in a game, so it's more convinient than noting it in a text file.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

And GUI is even easier and faster with Compose.