Java
There are a lot more frameworks and etc. on the Java side. This is pretty evident if you look at the popular .NET frameworks, build tools, and u
Testing tools - they all are ports of pretty established and mature java projects.
I haven't actually used any of the killer IDE's that I hear so many folks talk about but it certainly seems like products like IntelliJ provide a lot of killer features that we haven't yet seen with the .NET IDE's.
Java has been around for a long time. Over the years many rules for Java development have been established among folks in the Java community. Things like don't use EJB's unless your forced into them, use MVC frameworks (struts) for UI development, and etc.
.NET
ASP.NET - The power and flexibility offered by the the advanced features and functionality of ASP.NET is much better then anyth
on the Java side of the world. Just imagine the separation we're going to see in future versions!
C# is a better Java - C# took many of the ideas and concepts of Java and made them better.
More innovation - I'm sure I could get some heat on this argument but I firmly believe that their is more innovation going on within Microsoft then within many of the Java camps. .NET is a two year old platform and it has surpassed (or at least it will with v2.0) Java on many fronts. Imagine the separation we will see in the coming years!
Language neutrality - The .NET Framework allows us to write our .NET applications in whatever language we choose. This allows folks to leverage the skills and expertise of their development staff and provides for greater choice when building applications.
Performance - Yet another. Although I think you need to take any performance numbers with a grain of salt, every one I've seen has shown .NET outperforming Java. Let's face it both platforms have areas where they will outperform the other, however, on a whole it seems that .NET wins more then it loses.
Productivity - My belief is that the base class library, as well as the control libraries available within the .NET Framework allow developers to write applications faster and with fewer lines of code.
The future of Microsoft is .NET - As many of you lucky folks will be able to attest to following the PDC, thus genie is doing some really amazing things on these application. |
