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ASP.NET or Java?
At my company, we are trying to make a decision on whether to use ASP.NET or Java for our web app. We are planning to host our app on EC2, and developers on the team are split on which to use (no clear consensus either way). Thoughts from folks who have used both?
- kin 18y agoI've done projects in both and I would say to go with Java. It is much more widely used, fast, capable of much more, and has a great documentation.
- amackera 18y agoI am inclined to agree. The open source nature of Java and many of its tools make it a more appealing choice to me.
- icey 18y agoWhat sort of skill set do you have in house? That should probably be among the things you use to decide. All things being equal, I would probably go with Java. I'm a Microsoft stack developer today and it's fine; but there seems to be a better ecosystem in the Java world.
- steveplace 18y agoThe site's running slow, but I'm pretty sure searchyc.com will have some good information. I'm pretty sure this discussion has been hashed out before.
- mpk 18y agoI've written code in almost everything under the sun and don't really give a damn one way or another. That said, choose Java. If you have to choose between C# and Java, go with Java because the JVM runs everywhere and the dotNet runtime runs only on Windows (excepting Mono). Go with Java. You can run everywhere there's a JVM and you have access to better libraries.
- graywh 18y agoAre those really your only two options? What were your reasons for narrowing it down this far? Off the record, I lean away from Java.