Newbie: Advantage of DotNet over Java

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Hi,
We are having a debate on DotNet and Java.
As a beginner I do not have much experience on DotNet and Java.

Are there any major advantage of using DotNet over Java?

Thanks for any help I get on this subject.
Mark
 
Others can address the platform issue better, but from a pure language issue
you have to decide whether you want the ultra-sparseness of Java or not (no
delegates, no preprocessor, no operator overloading, no linq, no value types,
.... stop me anytime...).
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From what I understand - .Net is platform independent like Java - except
..Net is proprietary - unlike Java. I think that means it is exclusively
microsoft based but can run on Linux, Mac, windows (I'm not sure what
else). But if you will be working with Server databases like Sql
Server, Oracle - I have not seen anything like the .Net dataAdapter
(ADO.Net) in Java (but I have not done any coding in Java since about
2004). I have not seen anything easier or as robust or flexible for
manipulating data between an appication and a server DB than ADO.Net. I
just don't know what proprietary means - exactly - as far as software
goes - if it runs on a bunch of different platforms. You still have to
buy Java (Eclipse or whatever is is now) just like .Net. I guess if you
are using a Tomcat webserver (or something related to Tomcat/Apache)
then yes - Java would be easier to deal with than .Net. I don't think
..Net can interface with Tomcat/Apache (I may be wrong - don't know).

Rich
 
Rich P said:
From what I understand - .Net is platform independent like Java - except
Net is proprietary - unlike Java.
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..Net is not proprietary to MS. MS gave .Net away, which is control by the
ISO and ECMA. MS does sit on those ISO and ECMA standard committees along
with IBM, Novell, Hilliard Packer and Sun Micro Systems, and they control
what happens to .Net, which is a standard. Java is not a standard.

The only proprietary element in .Net is VB.net, which is owned by MS.
That's not to say that MS doesn't have a strong influence in the development
of the .Net technology, but MS doesn't own .Net.

That's why other 3rd party software language vendors can tap into .Net
technology, because .Net is not proprietary to MS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLI_Languages
http://dotnetpowered.com/languages.aspx
 
Hi,
We are having a debate on DotNet and Java.
As a beginner I do not have much experience on DotNet and Java.

Are there any major advantage of using DotNet over Java?

Thanks for any help I get on this subject.
Mark
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Most of these "debates" that I have experienced have been closer to
religious wars than searches for appropriate tools. Someone else
already gave a wonderfully to the point answer on the platform. As a
programmer who is dedicated to being "tech agnostic" at the end of the
day the choice must be driven by requirements. It is usually sensible
to say something like "when all things are equal we will default to
Java." In respect to advantages, in a broad sense,, I do lean
towards .NET do to breadth of support, volume of examples, community
dynamics, accessibility and the number one reason to me is Visual
Studio. Sure there are negatives in just about everything but on the
whole Visual Studio as a tool (I just installed 2008) is without equal
(Only exception is Borland for hardcore C apps and that may just be
familiarity).
as an analogy: Great carpenters don't brag on their toolbox - they let
what they built speak for itself
 
Pro's over Java:
- The .NET Framework enjoys superior performance over applications running
on the Java virtual machine.

- CLR allows for code from a variety of languages to be compiled to IL and
run, meaning that language choice comes down to developer preference rather
than being locked into one language (i.e. Java).

- Broader range of language concepts supported

- Will soon be expanded into the rich web client arena, so desktop skills
can be leveraged for web development as well

- Arguably has a much wider range of capabilities and technologies than Java

- Is not a "last resort language" (for when platform independence is
required) like Java, but is often a first choice language where platform
independence isn't a requirement.

- ISO standardisation means that, when developing multi platform apps,
they're much more likely to run the same on two different platforms.
Believe it or not, this is not always the case for Java.


Java's pro's over .NET:

- Wider range of platforms support it (for now).


That's my $0.02 anyway, and I should point out that I'm far from an expert
on this subject. With a little digging and Googlage you could probably find
far more information.

Hope that helps you some,
~Alex
 
Are you referring to AJAX here or something else:
Will soon be expanded into the rich web client arena, so desktop skills
can be leveraged for web development as well
 
XAML mainly - most of the WPF XAML is supported in Silverlight applications,
and VB.NET/C# will be as of version 2.0 as well (via a very trimmed down
multi-platform runtime). Silverlight for mobile devices will hit markets
within the next 12 months also.

Basically, MS have opened up the war on Adobe and Java to include all
fronts.
 
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