> Java 8 presenting itself as a nice comeback
On the enterprise, Java never went away.
I am yet to see any JVM project that isn't using Java.
Groovy is only used due to Graddle, Scala and others only by startups.
On the enterprise, Java never went away.
I am yet to see any JVM project that isn't using Java.
Groovy is only used due to Graddle, Scala and others only by startups.
In Germany there was a Groovy craziness in JUGs around 2010, mostly coupled to Grails projects. At JSF days in Austria Oracle guys were discussing adding first class support for writing JSF applications with Groovy.
Fast forward to 2014, in our consulting projects when Groovy skills are requested, they usually mean that developer needs to take care of Gradle scripts.
Which is the world I live in. Customers always ask for plain Java[1], since it gives them the highest value[2] for developer rotation.
[1] Still Java 6 in most cases.
[2] Which I actually find deplorable.
I wouldn't describe various investment banks, twitter and amazon as "startups".