Why should I not use static methods?

[neat meteor]

My instructor is extremely adamant on not using static methods, almost ever. I'm trying to understand why they would rather we create an object of the class holding main() first.

I have asked them, but the answer I get is basically, "it's a bad habit to make methods static".

[dense spear]

Hey, @neat meteor!
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[elder spire]

Pretty much. If you learn Java while using static, you'll learn how to make code structures that rely on static, and then when static won't do for the next steps you'll be lost and unable to adapt

However, that's what happened to all of us and we just had a hard time to adapt and then we were fine

It's fairly horrible to try and follow static-misusing code when you're used to correct coding practice though, so it might be for your teacher's comfort

[neat meteor]

Interesting, that's good to know.

Thank you.