Platform Comparison

Java and .NET

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Java and .NET

Java was created by Sun in 1992

Microsoft introduced .NET and C# in 2000
both platforms are object-oriented, type safe, and have
automatic garbage collection
the two platforms have been competing vigorously on the
desktop
but especially in the area of server technology

many developers become expert on one platform

few have time to learn both

the schism of understanding the two platforms widens

due to misinformation and disinformation

what are the strengths and issues for each platform?

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2008 forecast for market share of OS by platform:

Windows
Unix
Linux
Others

40%
29%
15%
16%

forecast market share of OS unit sales:

in 2002
Windows
45%
Linux
Unix
Others

(2q 06)

20%
16%
19%

in 2003
59%
24%
10%
7%

(05)

in 2007
59%

33%
5%
3%

market share of server shipments by platform in 2005:

Windows
Linux
Unix
NetWare
Others

65.6%
20.0%
9.5%
4.2%
0.7%

FROM: InfoTech Trends http://www.infotechtrends.com/

report from 2Q 2006, accessed on 4/8/2007
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main sections

1. simple programs

2. overview of platforms

3. why did Sun do it?

1. why did Microsoft do it?

1. Service Oriented Architecture the peacemaker?

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simple programs

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console programs
// Java
public class Hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello world in Java");
}
}
// C#
namespace Hello {
public class Hello {
static void Main(string[] args) {
System.Console.WriteLine ("Hello world in C#");
System.Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
VB
Module HelloWorld
Sub Main
System.Console.WriteLine(Hello World in
VB.NET)
System.Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
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how much work is it to get this?

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mininal window
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Hello extends JFrame implements Runnable
{
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TinyWindowApp
public static void main(String[] args)
{
{
public class HelloForm : Form
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Hello()); {
}
static void Main()
{
public void run()
Application.Run(new HelloForm());
{
}
this.setSize(new Dimension(200,200));
this.setTitle("Hello in Java");
public HelloForm()
this.setVisible(true);
{
}
ClientSize = new
}
System.Drawing.Size(200, 200);
}
}
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Text = "Hello in C#";

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overview of platforms

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identical types of runtime environments

J2SE (Standard) runtime

C# or VB.NET with VS Express

desktop applications

J2EE (Enterprise) runtime

desktop application

IIS with VS Express Web

web applications

J2ME (Micro) runtime

web applications

.NET compact framework

runtime for gadgets

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runtime for gadgets

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Java platform - .NET platform

Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
aka Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

aka .NET common language runtime (CLR)

Linux, Windows, Mac and Unix

download from Sun

all versions of Windows (40+)

download from Microsoft

JIT compiler and libraries

JIT compiler and libraries

Java Development Kit (JDK)

Java compiler and utilities

C# and VB.NET compilers and utilities

Java bytecode

application servers

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Common Intermediate Language (CIL)

integrated development env. (IDE)

Eclipse (free - IBM)
Netbeans (free - Sun)

NET framework 2.0 SDK

Visual Studio Express (free - Microsoft)

FREE
NOT

integrated development env. (IDE)

Tomcat
Glassfish (Sun)
BEA Weblogic
IBM Websphere

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application servers
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)

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features 1
virtual machine
platforms (all major OSs)
spec
implementations

libraries
languages
Java
Jython
Groovy

web servers (many vendors)

platforms (Unix, Linux)
scalability
cost

web capabilities
servlet
JSP
JSF

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virtual machine
platforms (all versions of Windows)
spec
implementations

libraries
languages
C#, VB.NET, J# from Microsoft
many others from third parties
(Haskell, Lisp, Python, COBOL, Fortran, etc.)

web servers (just one!)

platforms (most Windows)
scalability
cost

web capabilities
handler
ASP (.NET)
(forgot equivalent name)

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features 2
native code calling
components

native code calling

components

beans

.DLL

environments

environments

applet (in browser)

servlet (in server)
Web Start

ActiveX (in browser)

handler (in server)
Smart Client

installs from web

caches on users PC

installs from web

caches on users PC

deployment

deployment

.jar
.war
.ear
.class
complex, painful learning curve
that differs for each web server,
container, and IDE

.exe (on file system)

.exe (in GAC)
.dll (on file system)
all builds and web installation is
automatically handled by Visual
Studio (Microsofts IDE)

automated via ANT

XML, like make on Unix

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features 3
databases

databases

JDBC

ODBC

CORBA

COM

binary object remoting

binary object remoting

XML

XML

via 3rd-party add-ons until Java 6

IDEs

excellent support early one

IDEs

Eclipse, with 1000s of plugins

NetBeans (from Sun) also free

free versions of Visual Studio

some third party IDEs

service oriented architecture (SOA)

service oriented architecture (SOA)

annotations appearing
web services WS-I

annotations
web services WS-I

supported but difficult (3rd party)

new partial automation in Java 6 and
latest NetBeans IDE
I havent evaluated these yet

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superbly automated by Visual Studion

since 2005

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the JRE and .NET runtimes include lots of libraries

programs can call a huge body of pre-written code

these reusable components are called the Class Libraries
in Java, sometimes they are also called packages or Java APIs
in .NET, they tend to be called the framework class libraries

the libraries are designed to be used identically

in Java, regardless of the underlying operating system
in .NET, regardless of the underlying version of Windows
OR which language is being used

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