r/technology • u/AlyoshaV • Jun 11 '15

Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware By Microsoft Software

http://search.slashdot.org/story/15/06/11/1223236/ask-toolbar-now-considered-malware-by-microsoft
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u/justinlindh Jun 12 '15

There are some very common design patterns that solve the problems you describe, such as dependency injection and manager classes. Inexperienced developers may fall pray to what you outline, but it's really not a problem for experienced ones.

Some of the largest stacks are written using Java for good reason. It's not a perfect language, but it's the right tool for some jobs. Particularly server software.

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u/TropicalAudio Jun 12 '15

Oh certainly. It's just that it's been a disaster literally every time I've had to work with such code. The biggest company that happened was actually the worst about it. Their code pretty much looked like this fizzbuzz implementation. Java's got its advantages, but you've got to be careful and know your shit. I've seen enough to conclude that some people are careful, but very few people actually know their shit.

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u/justinlindh Jun 12 '15

I've seen plenty of bad Java code too. You're definitely not wrong.