Techie question .net vs. J2EE

[Russ Smith]

I'm googling this but it would appear the answer you get is determined by whether Sun or Microsoft paid the reviewer? Either .NET works with everything but Java while J2ee ONLY works with Java, or the exact opposite.

Are there distinct advantages and disadvantages with the 2?

Everything I'm finding is from 2000-2002, I know that's about when .net was true so I'm assuming that's why but in the years since I would assume a less contradictory opinion has surfaced?

Helping a friend with a college class and we gave up asking our IT people they're just too technical neither one of us is a programmer so it's flying right over our heads.

 

[Ryanwb]

I don't understand the question.... .NET framework is a very broad and encompasses multiple environments. J2EE is a framework for deploying Java based web environments and supports HTML

 

[Ryanwb]

.Net is just precoded libraries that a programmer can call from with in windows. This can be for applications, web authoring or other things

 

[Russ Smith]

.Net is just precoded libraries that a programmer can call from with in windows. This can be for applications, web authoring or other things

Thanks I think the problem is I don't understand either well enough to even ask the question properly.

The question was something like compare and contrast the 2, lists pros and cons for a business choosing either.

Most of the discussions from other students may as well have been written in a foreign language I'm just not grasping anything they said.

 

[Griffin]

J2EE are basically programming libraries for use with Java. Programs using those libraries are deployed on the Java Virtual Machine which any platform can run.

Programs written using .NET libraries are primarily intended for Windows platforms (although in theory .NET could also be platform independent since it also uses a virtual machine, but I don't think there are versions for other platforms yet). .NET has native support for Managed C++, C#, Visual Basic as well as J# (.NET version of Java) programming languages.

I use both a lot, depending on the application. If I want a program I can run anywhere, I always use Java nowadays. But for Windows only, I really like C#.NET. Also for server-side scripting (web applications), .NET comes with ASP.NET which is a really nice and very powerful tool (similar to the old ASP, PHP or Java's JSP, but more advanced).

 

[Ryanwb]

Wasn't Java's slogan something like: "code it once, run it anywhere"?