How Hard Is It to Learn Java?

Amy J. Andrews
The Brackets
Published in
4 min readFeb 9, 2023

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If you’re new to the space of programming, you’ve probably at least heard of Java.

Java is a general-purpose object-oriented (OOP) programming language which is used widely everywhere in the world.

If you’re a beginner in any programming language, it’s going to feel difficult to understand for some time. But after practicing some coding problems, it will become easier to know. The syntax of Java is a little bit more complex than other programming languages.

Why Does Everyone Feel It Is Difficult to Learn?

It seems Java is verbose for most people, and it has an insane number of moving parts. Maybe that explains why when you start learning, everything is a prerequisite of everything else, so you can’t accomplish anything unless you understand the whole thing. Java is a mature language, so there is a lot to learn. It will be hard for everyone to start with their first language; Java is no different.

Java brings with it features that have evolved and creolized from multiple other languages. That means it has the advantage of having most of the rough edges being smoothed.Java is relatively robust (not quite in the same way C, Fortran, or assembly chosen, there are lots of low-level libraries written in them)

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Amy J. Andrews
The Brackets

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