Make Java Easier to Learn

[aeric]

OpenJDK proposal would make Java easier to learn

Flexible main methods and anonymous main classes would help students write basic programs much more concisely and reduce the ceremony of writing simple programs.

www.infoworld.com

Not only that, they should introduce a simpler way to print to a log.

System.out.println() is scary.

B4X has done a good job by using Log() to print to the IDE logs.

 

[Johan Schoeman]

If you write in JAVA for B4J / B4A you can use BA.Log(string) if you import the BA class. Underneath the bonnet in Class BA it does this

public static void Log(String Message) {
        System.out.println(Message == null ? "null" : Message);
    }

With inline Java code you dont have to import the BA class. Just use BA.Log(......).

 

[aeric]

If you write in JAVA for B4J / B4A you can use BA.Log(string) if you import the BA class. Underneath the bonnet in Class BA it does this

public static void Log(String Message) {
        System.out.println(Message == null ? "null" : Message);
    }

With inline Java code you dont have to import the BA class. Just use BA.Log(......).

I don't mean in B4X environment.
My point is after many years, now the people in Java, finally realize and acknowledge that Java is not beginner friendly.
It scared away many students who were learning how to begin with programming.
Compared to other programming languages like B4X, VB, PHP and Python, Java is not making sense for newcomers. I don't like C# either.