On 29/11/2017 8:00 AM, Andrew Rowley wrote:
- I think the reporting is SQL based? SMF data was not designed to be queried using SQL. I have been down that path. On the other hand, Java classes are beautiful for working with SMF data (not quite as nice as C# but still very good).
If you like C# you should take a look at Kotlin, which is even better and runs on the JVM. It's quickly becoming the language of choice for Android developers which is no surprise giving it's similarities to Swift https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/05/android-announces-support-for-kotlin.html.
Java doesn't feel like a new language. It lacks features introduced in other languages over a decade ago. Java 10 introduces type inference but it's too little too late. Check out Kotlins Nullable feature. No more NullPointerExceptions, yay! data classes, properties, a really powerful lambda syntax and seamless Java interop make it a joy to program in. The learning curve for Java programmers is small. It took me a couple of days which is significantly less then the far more complex Scala which I have yet to completely master.
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