I took a Introduction to Java course last year. I had the same question when I started the class http://www.DevelopIntelligence.com/catalogue/java-training.php. But I learned that Java and .NET are both platforms that run applications. Both platforms use something known as a virtual machine. In the Java platform, the primary programming language use to write applications is called Java. In the .NET platform, the programming language choices include VB.NET, C++.NET, C#.NET. In other words, there is no "difference between the Java langage and the .net language" as there is no "net language". The Java language is most similar to the C# language in .NET. There are some technical differences, but in general they are about the same.
java is from sun and .net is from microsoft, java is a language + runtime and .net is run frame that supports multiple language.
.NET is a framework, PHP is a scripting (programming) language.
Microsoft has developed the software .net for the purpose of creating the (Active Server Pages) . There are three languages that can be used in the .net packages. 1. C# (Specially designed for .net) 2. VB. 3. J# (J Sharp) So Java is a language and the .net is a package.
The best current programming language is Python and Ruby.
ASP.Net and Java do not have any real comparison. Java is a computer language, where as ASP.Net is a web technology for generating web content. You could use any CLR (Common Language Runtime) targeted language to create an ASP.Net website, such as VB.Net, C#, or IronPython.
Java and .Net are used more to create applications and interactive sites. It all depends on your background.
java is plateform independent language that runs on different opertaing system but .net is plateform enviorment that makes to different language indepedent to run here because all language code compile second time in CLR and make native cade
Java is cross-platform while .NET is for Windows platforms only.
java is very most important language in computer field. .net is also useful
Please tell me any site to know language (php, .net, java) of a site ?
Differences between .Net and Java includeJava is from Sun, .Net is from MicrosoftJava is a language plus a runtime, .Net is a runtime framework that supports multiple languages, Visual Basic and C# (the .Net language most similar to Java) among them.C# is very similar to Java but a few years younger, and a bit nicer in some respects - it has a slightly simpler syntax for some common constructs.Java is more platform independent, it runs on several operating systems including Windows, Mac and Linux. .Net is primarily for Windows. Although the open source project Mono is developing a multi-platform runtime for .Net, so this is less of an issue than it used to be..Net has a more integrated development environment, as the IDE, runtime and server all come from Microsoft as a standard package, while Java is based on third-party tool and server providers. It used to be the case that the .Net development environment was clearly superior, but the difference is smaller these days.It can be argued that Java gives more flexibility, as there are more server- and IDE-providers to choose from, at the cost of some extra overhead for the developer to get the different pieces to work together.Functionality wise, there is not a lot of difference between the two, at least not when used to develop web applications.For desktop applications, .Net naturally has an edge in Windows integration.note: Oracle bought Sun Microsystems (Sun).
Learn both. Learn the core concepts behind the languages and you can transfer your knowledge between any new language.