If you already know C++, Java is easy to learn. And if you know Java, you’ll be able to

pick up C++ and C# easily, which is used to write many mainframe applications.

I don’t know C in any form.

Java is easy to understand. And Java has plenty of documentation and online forums to handle

any question you may have.

Is Java easier to learn?

Python is often considered easier to learn from a coding perspective, but it is easier

to understand the logic of someone else’s Java code.

Why is that?

Java requires you to define variables up front, so later programmers know exactly what each

variable represents. Python uses dynamic typing, allowing you to change variables, and even

its variable type.

What is the market for Java programmers relative to Python programmers?

Java is used in far more applications than Python. Java is the standard language for

Android apps.

I’ve heard of both languages being used in programming or building applications.

If someone has already written an application in C, Python can be used to build an interface.

You can even invoke legacy C code from within Python.

What is used more often for writing new software applications?

Python is not as complex as Java. You can typically build new software applications

more quickly in Python than you can in Java.

Why is that?

Python is good for rapid software development. Python applications are 20% to 30% of the

length of a comparable Java application, so the code even runs faster.

It sounds like I should learn Python.

Java and Python are not mutually exclusive. JPype lets Python programs access to Java

class libraries. Jython is a form of the Python programming language that is written in Java.

Could I just learn both?

Absolutely. Then you’ll have twice as many opportunities than if you put yourself in

a niche.