ADVANTAGE OF JAVA OVER C# and VICE-VERSA

[ta3]

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I read this post for the sole purpose of having some guide on my studies with C# but i guess i have learned none except for those out of the topic softwares..hehehehe..peace all..

my point is, could someone out there could just give me some pointers on C# and JAVA..like if i am planning to have this type of program, what will be best to use. can i have some guidelines with both languages? i am a complete noob about this stuff that you guys talk about^^.

If you want to develop GUI applications and database driven application I go for C# or if you want web applications then Java is a great choice.

[cen]

If you want to develop GUI applications and database driven application I go for C# or if you want web applications then Java is a great choice.

Java Swing is cross platform unlike .Net's WinForms nga native ang pag-implement. IMHO: When it comes to desktop application mostly ang choice sa developer ka'y speed rather than platform neutrality.

[cen]

Naay SWT which is a native implement for Java GUI. But I never used it...

[moz_k2]

I've been developing different projects using java, c#, vb, etc.
Each got pros and cons.
It really depends on what you want to do.

[bishop__]

Naay SWT which is a native implement for Java GUI. But I never used it...

r u referring to AWT?

[bishop__]

I've been developing different projects using java, c#, vb, etc.
Each got pros and cons.
It really depends on what you want to do.

Let's say we want to develop a full-blown windows application, you are to choose only C# or Java? Which one do you prefer?

[cen]

r u referring to AWT?

OT: SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) link --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Widget_Toolkit

[moz_k2]

Let's say we want to develop a full-blown windows application, you are to choose only C# or Java? Which one do you prefer?

For that I would prefer c#.

Sometimes the chosen language depends if it can satisfy the requirements of the application.
In my experience the client themselves would choose the language.

Just be flexible, learn as much as u can.

[benjymouse]

I read this post for the sole purpose of having some guide on my studies with C# but i guess i have learned none except for those out of the topic softwares..hehehehe..peace all..

Features of C# which do not have a direct counterpart in Java:
• properties
• explicit interface implementation
• operator overloading
• implicit/explicit conversions
• non-virtual (sealed) methods by default
• verbatim strings
• override/overload versioning support
• true generics with no type erasure - also supports value/primitive types without boxing
• value types (stack-allocated with copy semantics)
• ref and out parameters
• P/Invoke - integration with native APIs without the need for special adapter code like JNI
• pointers and unsafe code
• anonymous methods, closures
• delegates (object oriented method pointers)
• yield (limited continuations)
• free file organization
• partial classes
• static classes (static classes has a different meaning in Java)
• decimal type
• unsigned numerical types (Java's "byte" is signed - go figure)
• nullable types
• namespace qualifier ::
• goto statement (no kidding!)
• everything is an object
• checked / unchecked
• preprocessor directives
• indexers
• alias imports
• iterable arrays (Java arrays can be used with for-in loops through special treatment)
• context aware and context bound objects; user definable
• extensible annotations (attributes/annotations can derive from other annotations)
• true rectangular arrays (in addition to jagged arrays)
• switch statement supports more types, specifically String
• deterministic finalization (using statement)
• LINQ expressions
• extension methods
• lambda functions
• type inference
• expression trees
• anonymous types
• implicit properties
• class/collection/dictionary initializers
• partial methods

Features of Java which do not have a direct counterpart in C#:
• non-static inner classes
• covariance and contra variance in generics (but with the dreaded type erasure)
• checked exceptions.
• Anonymous inner classes
• Enum as objects
• Continue/break to label
• Strictfp
• Single class imports
• Static imports

As you can see, at language level C# is easily more feature rich than Java. This often translates directly into short, more concise code which is more readable and maintainable. However, the languages also have very much in common. By "direct counterpart" I refer to the fact that many of the "missing" features can be emulated using more code in the other language.

Note, the base class libraries for each technology (Java - SDK and C# - .NET Framework) has many similarities but also many differences.

[bryanarzaga]

I've been developing different projects using java, c#, vb, etc.
Each got pros and cons.
It really depends on what you want to do.

so true,