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Java or .Net

by george1234
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Is Java or .Net more popular? I am new in programming.
#java #net
  • Profile picture of the author dracony
    depends on what you want developed. =)
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  • Profile picture of the author iamjohnbrown
    Both are equally popular and I think that you must think it in other way. You must think in the way that what you want technology you want to develop for. Its your passion which is important. I am a .NET coder and will anytime advocate .NET but its not in this case because any Java developer will also do it the same way (he/she will promote Java). Its honest opinion that you try both of them a little and then decide.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ace Khor
    I personally will prefer Java more.. due to it's a free source and it's executing was much more better as well..
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  • Profile picture of the author hhunt
    I would say Java, it allows you to write any code that runs on all platforms; while .net only runs on Windows.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1babywarrior
    definitely Java, .Net in my experience can be very clumsy, to me its overrated.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOTranslator
    Well, it depends what kind of apps you want to develop.

    Java has the strength of being multi-platform and very easy deployment. For not-so-complex applications it is also very lightweight.

    .NET has more capabilities, speed (Java is interpreted instead of compiled, so in complex applications it has a far greater overhead) & in particular is far more secure (when security is an important issue, don't use Java).
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      It depends on where you're wanting to do development work.

      If you're wanting to develop for the Android system or work primarily on cross-platform projects then Java is what you'll want to concentrate on. Jobs and contracts will tend to be consumer facing and will typically be outside the corporate mainstream or consumer or B2B products.

      If you're wanting to work on corporate enterprise level internal web projects, reporting projects and such then .NET, primarily C#, is going to be what you're looking for. Advanced database knowledge is a big plus. Jobs and contracts will mostly be internal projects with no or very limited external exposure. Projects will usually be very much in the corporate mainstream and often involve working with the executive team and subject matter experts.
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    • Profile picture of the author wayfarer
      Originally Posted by SEOTranslator View Post

      .NET has more capabilities, speed (Java is interpreted instead of compiled, so in complex applications it has a far greater overhead) & in particular is far more secure (when security is an important issue, don't use Java).
      This whole statement is completely false. Java is not slower than .NET, nor is it "interpreted". Java compiles to binary bytecode and runs on a virtual machine, which is nothing like a scripting language. This virtual machine is typically only about 10% slower than a compiled C++ application, and is typically faster than a C# app running in .NET, according to every benchmark I've seen.

      Also, do you think .NET is a native framework that compiles to native binary? Also false. .NET compiles to bytecode just like Java, and runs on a VM known as the Common Language Runtime, or CLR
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  • Profile picture of the author ghostcash
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    • Profile picture of the author jamescheckk
      Java is most popular language. Java is a Platform Independent language. There are various features that makes the java as a simple language. Java is a Object Oriented
      Java has the strong memory allocation and automatic garbage collection mechanism
      Java does not use memory pointers explicitly.
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      • Profile picture of the author garyk1968
        Originally Posted by jamescheckk View Post

        Java is most popular language. Java is a Platform Independent language. There are various features that makes the java as a simple language. Java is a Object Oriented
        Java has the strong memory allocation and automatic garbage collection mechanism
        Java does not use memory pointers explicitly.
        Apart from platform independence the above holds true for .net and even then theres mono touch which allows .net to target linux. Also remember there are other issues in x-platform like font support and screen resolutions.
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    • Profile picture of the author rs4
      Originally Posted by ghostcash View Post

      I prefer Java.
      I totally agree with you.
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  • Profile picture of the author hhunt
    Again, picking a new language depends on what your main aim is - work, play or just for the fun of it. For me, the first language I learnt was Modula-2, this was the main language at that time. But have moved through to Java, Python and now Ruby.

    If you are looking for a first language to learn, I would recommend Python... you can never go wrong. Great community, runs on all platform and easier to learn than most other languages.

    That's my thoughts
    Good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author ursimrankhanna
    While "Java" is a Sun Microsystem trademark, and only Sun can license the name "Java", numerous free software projects exist that are compatible with Sun Java. Most notably, GNU Classpath and GCJ provide a free software class library and a compiler that are partially compatible with the current version of Sun Java.[1] Sun announced in November 13, 2006 that all Java source code, excluding closed-source code for which they do not retain rights, will be released under a modified version of the GPL,[2] and released two fundamental parts of the JRE and JDK: HotSpot and the javac compiler under the GPL

    Microsoft's .NET CLI executable environment, and some of the corresponding class library, have been standardized and can be freely implemented without a license. A few standards-compliant free software environments have been implemented, such as the Mono Project and DotGNU. The Mono Project has also implemented many of Microsoft's non-standard libraries by examining Microsoft materials, similar to GNU Classpath and Java.
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  • Profile picture of the author tyler_clarke
    Nice Question Dear!!
    Java is more Popular Programming than Net.
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  • Profile picture of the author caesargus
    I'm sure you're sick of hearing this - but it depends on what you want to use it for? Are you asking because you want to be marketable? or Are you asking for just something to know?

    Java is an actual programming language, while .NET is a framework of languages. .NET is made up of VB.NET, c#, (are the two most popular), COBOL.NET, j#, etc. The list goes on.

    If you are looking for work, I would learn the .NET framework, with c# as the main language in the mix. There are plenty of jobs in the professional work place that use .NET, so there would not be a problem finding a job.
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  • Profile picture of the author darthdeus
    I personally use Java, since it's used everywhere in Linux based environment.

    If I could choose which one I'd like to use, I'd definitely go with .NET, just for the sake of C#. I have some experience with it and from my point of view, C# is more thought out and evolving than Java. It has great number of new language constructs like delegates etc., that aren't so well handled in Java.

    However, .NET means you work with everything Windows based. You have to use Visual Studio, Windows Mobile phone, ISS as web server, Windows on all your development machines ... With Java you have much more freedom since it's platform independent.

    There is linux version of .NET which is called Mono. Somebody might tell you how great that is ... But in reality, it's only about 80% features, so you can't basically use it at all, unless you're just playing around with stuff.

    The bottom line is, if you want to develop for Windows and only Windows, go with .NET. If you have any thoughts about doing something non-Microsoft, go with Java. Either way you won't make a mistake.
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  • Profile picture of the author yangyang
    Both are absolutely great platforms to do awesome applications. It depends on the type of application that you are developing and the audience you are developing for. For general purpose application on Windows platform, I would definitely go with .NET. However, for portability and industrial software that may probably never run on Windows, I would go with Java.
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