From Java + Tomcat + JSP -> C# + ASP.NET

[Frank Milverckowitz]

Hi,

I'm curious to know (need to tell my boss what to expect) how long it might
take to come up to speed making the move from Java / JSP to C# ASP.NET

I know there are a million factors... but just curious to know how much time
other experienced java people spent to come up to speed with .NET

thanks,

Frank

 

[Laurent Bugnion [MVP]]

Hi,

Hi,

I'm curious to know (need to tell my boss what to expect) how long it might
take to come up to speed making the move from Java / JSP to C# ASP.NET

I know there are a million factors... but just curious to know how much time
other experienced java people spent to come up to speed with .NET

thanks,

Frank

The language itself is very easy to learn when you come from Java. Many
concepts are similar. The most difficult, I'd say, is to learn the
libraries. There are many, many classes in the .NET framework, just like
there are many in the Java class libraries. This is a gradual work, and
I usually look for the classes I need when I need them. With the many
examples available online, it's usually not a huge problem, but it can
be time consuming.

There are courses specifically tailored to Java people wanting to switch
to .NET. Maybe it can help your developers to make the step.

HTH,
Laurent

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

I guess that depends on your measure of up to speed. Stick to C# and you'll
have few problems with the language at least. If you understand taglibs and
the general tag based concept that much of asp.net relies on will appear
familiar as you expose yourself to it, if your usually doing scriptlets and
servlets and MVC then you'll need a few more concepts. IIS is quite
different to Tomcat, you'll need to run with it to learn its quirks and JSP
is not that like ASP.NET as a way of delivering HTML unless your familiar
with things like Jetspeed and event driven development. The trick is
understanding the .NET framework and ASP.NET as part of that framework, what
makes it all tick (and break) and the connection to the pipeline between the
asp.net runtime handler and IIS.

Its not that tricky a learning curve though - I'd say its more difficult if
your going the other way. Some good tools out there to help you like the
Mono Project, and tools like Mainsoft Grasshopper to run asp.net apps on
tomcat and apache.


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