[quoted text, click to view] > Switch to Java and J2EE solutions as soon as possible to enjoy your
He He He
I actually have the exact opposite opinion of your conclusion. I am coming
from a large j2ee project where we had to create what .NET gives you for
free! I had to learn/install/support multiple OS' (linux is a very
troubling and has it's own set of deployment issues different from it's
sibling :<). As for the IDE, if you're used to JBuilder, then ya, I agree,
VS has some learning to do, but it's not THAT bad. What I found worse was
Borland's six month release cycle for JBuilder over the past four years!
That's bad when you have to pay 5Gs very version for your IDE. :< AND on
top of that, it didn't always work either. I'm using JB2k5 right now and I
can systematically bring JB to it's knees while debugging JSPs, EJBs under
WebLogic and JB. :<
And here's the kicker, what I can't do in a week (evenings mind you) with
j2ee I did in one night with .NET. Installed two OS (patches included),
RDBMS' with database, users, security and libraries, install the IDE (yup,
and patches), and the required libraries/packages, created and deployed a
web app which queries that news created DB/tables and updates them and lets
you view those updates.
Hey, maybe I'm a windows guys, that's probably true, but productivity seems
like the second priority behind .NET. Unfortunately it wasn't even on the
radar for j2ee. :<