Re: Java vs. .NET Face/Off

Aaron Bartell skrev den 15-08-2008 14:51:

I am a newbie both with the program and the language so feel free to

suggest improvements.

This suggestion isn't necessarily an improvement but an alternative.
Whenever I am teaching people C#.NET I always point them to SharpDevelop
which is a free/open-source IDE that is very *similar* to Visual Studio. I
am sure Visual Studio has more meat/features, but many may not need them,
and if you don't want *as much* vendor lock-in then Sharp Develop is a nice
alternative.

http://sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SD/Default.aspx

I mostly use it for consuming RPG web services from .NET, but it also has
all the cool features of drag and drop GUI creation.

my $.02,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

Thanks. Incidentially saw your name mentioned in the JavaServerFaces (bible? definitve reference? The one with Ed Burns name on it) as the one who thought of FaceListeners (afair) so you have been around :)

But our basic problem is that we cannot do much Windows integration - in this particular example with Excel - without doing COM/ADO/ActiveX/whatever and that is not easily done from within Java. .NET might solve that, if the powers that be decide that this could be a viable path. And yes, I have my cross-platform, vendor neutral preferences, but I am also pragmatic and like to eat :D