[grishka]

Not Java, thankfully! Libraries containing 1-2 trivial classes do exist, but they're an exception rather than a rule. Might be that the process of publishing to Maven Central is just convoluted enough to deter the kinds of people who would publish such libraries.

[Deukhoofd]

Also because Java, .NET, etc. all have very expansive standard libraries. You don't need to import most stuff, as it's already built-in.

[tracker1]

Very true... I'm more experienced with .Net, but usually when you bring in something, it's much more of a compositional library or framework for doing something... like a testing harness (XUnit), web framework (FastEndpoints), etc. No so much in terms of basic utilities, where the std library and extensions for LINQ cover a lot of ground, even if you aren't using LINQ expressions themselves.

[kelvinjps10]

But then you depend on Microsoft for everything. I prefer python where it's battery Included but you depend on a foundation

[grishka]

Hasn't .net been open-source for like 10 years?

[int_19h]

It is, but it's still firmly controlled by Microsoft, particularly when it comes to ecosystem evolution. Some people find that uncomfortable even if the source is open - legal right to fork is one thing, technical ability to do so and maintain said fork is another.

[kelvinjps10]

But most of the documentation and tooling is around visual studio and azure

[szatkus]

I mean, Apache Commons are still widely used. But it's just a handful of libraries maintaned by one organisation.