“Public static void main string array” are the first words everyone sees when they start their first Java Hello World experiments. Some teachers explain them, while others say you will understand each word later.

Is this a problem to attract more Java developers? And how can we make the Java language more attractive for newbies? Let’s ask some experts…

Elvira van der Ven

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvira-van-der-ven-5260b48/
• https://twitter.com/ElviraVanDerVen  

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraible/
• https://twitter.com/mraible

Frank Delporte

• https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepu05/
• https://deepu.tech/
• https://mastodon.social/@deepu105
• https://twitter.com/deepu105

00:00 Introduction of the topic, guests, and host
02:40 Is Java a good language for beginners?

• https://sdkman.io/ 

07:38 What other languages should be taught?

• https://foojay.io/today/java-21-jep-445-unnamed-classes-and-instance-main-methods/ 

24:01 Which Java version to learn for teaching?

• https://pi4j.com/examples/jbang/ 

35:54 Python versus Java

• https://foojay.io/java-quick-start/ 

49:23 What language gives the best job opportunities

Barbershop John