When comparing Java vs TsED, the Slant community recommends Java for most people. In the question“What are the best backend web frameworks?” Java is ranked 42nd while TsED is ranked 57th. The most important reason people chose Java is:
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
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Pros
Pro Verbosity
It makes it easy to debug and to read code.
Pro Mature ecosystem
The language and all its tools have enough time to age and they've aged well.
Pro Type-safe
It is easier to catch errors sooner.
Pro Brings MVC to Express
One of the conns of Express (even in this site) is the lack of structure.
This framework brings structure to Express applications which makes large-scale development much easier
Pro Uses decorators
Similar to most other popular frameworks
Pro Adding string types to Express with Typescript
Express is already an awesome framework, but with types it makes the work much easier
Pro Great support
Any issue opened gets resolved or answered very quickly
Pro Great documentation
Updated regularly
Cons
Con Memory hungry
Running the virtual machine, application server and application itself consumes significant amount of resources.
Con Unnecessarily obtuse and verbose
If you like typing 40 lines of code to open a file, Java is the language for you. If, on the other hand, you’d actually like to get something done, look elsewhere.
Con Oracle
Enough said.
In more detail: Oracle has acquired Java from Sun and continues to surround it with controversy ever since (legendary lawsuit with google, money extortion from the enterprise users etc.).