Support Forums: Message List - Advice from a JUG leader - Learn a different language http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:46:21 -0400 More advice from a JUG leader: The debate continues http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 Dave has posted a second installment of the new JVM language debate on his blog. Check it out here and let us know where you stand.

]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:14:34 -0400 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:14:34 -0400 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:14:34 -0400 Jul 20, 2012 JDenman 0 Mother, Jugs, and Speed http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 As one who has attended Dave's JUG meetings in the past, I'd say he has done a great job for Java developers.  This article in TSS is inline with his style of being helpful to the Java community - for a long time. He has street cred.  I go...]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:48:56 -0400 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:48:56 -0400 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:48:56 -0400 Jul 19, 2012 Andrew Clifford 0 Java is not stagnant; but yes learn more languages! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 Craig - No worries, I get that quite a bit from technologists.  It's more a function of the recruiting industry being seen in a negative light, and often that reputation is deserved.  I knew that starting the JUG wouldn't hurt my business obviously,...]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:10:48 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:21:26 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:10:48 -0400 Jul 18, 2012 dfecak 0 Java is not stagnant; but yes learn more languages! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:10:16 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:00:28 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:10:16 -0400 Jul 18, 2012 Craig Tataryn 2 Java is not stagnant; but yes learn more languages! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:09:48 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:38:45 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:09:48 -0400 Jul 18, 2012 dfecak 3 Java is not stagnant; but yes learn more languages! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 I too am a "JUG" leader (http://wjpg.ca), however my JUG is a "JVM Programming Group".  I purposely chose JVM over Java because the JVM offers so much more these days than...]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:08:56 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:56:48 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:08:56 -0400 Jul 18, 2012 Craig Tataryn 4 Re http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 frustration with the language is something that most in the Java community will not deny...]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:59:09 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:27:32 -0400 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:59:09 -0400 Jul 18, 2012 John D 0 Some Interesting Facts About That http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:00:25 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:00:25 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:00:25 -0400 Jul 17, 2012 dfecak 0 Some Interesting Facts About That http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:15:23 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:15:23 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:15:23 -0400 Jul 17, 2012 tiliis 1 Dilettantism http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:46:59 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:46:59 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:46:59 -0400 Jul 17, 2012 dfecak 3 Dilettantism http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 Toward the end, I feel that the author finally stumbles across the real reason that so many Java developers gravitate toward other languages, when he states, "and are either bored or frustrated with Java." If this is the reason, then it speaks poorly...]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:32:40 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:32:40 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:32:40 -0400 Jul 17, 2012 tiliis 4 Advice from a JUG leader - Learn a different language http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 The cry of “Java is Dead” has been heard for many years now, yet Java still continues to be among the most used languages/ecosystems.  I am not here to declare that Java is dead (it isn’t and won’t be anytime soon). My opinion, if you...]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:54:42 -0400 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:50:15 -0400 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:54:42 -0400 Jul 17, 2012 dfecak 22 Re http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:41:13 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:41:13 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:41:13 -0400 Jul 16, 2012 John D 0 Relax http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:17:36 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:17:36 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:17:36 -0400 Jul 16, 2012 dfecak 1 I do agree and I don't http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=66492 ...]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:40:15 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:40:15 -0400 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:40:15 -0400 Jul 16, 2012 dfecak 0