>>52383023
>.NET only runs on Windows
Ever heard of webapps? How old are you kid?
Btw i'd go for java

>>52383853
Well, it has to *run* on Windows-machines.

How is Java compared to C?

Once you understand MVC pattern, RESTful interfaces and either C# or Java you know how to build applications in both.

I'd personally pick Java.

.net makes web development incredibly easy (vs php, I've never used Java enterprise), it's limited cross platform support is obviously terrible though there are ways to use c# on linux. In terms of functionality Java has very similar syntax but is a few years behind, I'd recommend c# due to visual studio and .net being very powerful and feature rich but at the end of the day its better to go with whichever you'll prefer. Maybe mess around with both to get a feel.

.NET is mainly used in Windows environments, learn it if you want to work in a windows shop.

Java is mainly used in companies with mixed environments, learn it if you want to work in those companies.

OP here. I know some about COBOL and SQL. What choice is the best if I want (in some unspecified future) to create THE logistics system?

Server-side either is fine. C# is the slightly nicer language, Java has a much better open source ecosystem and is cross-platform ( MS has started open sourcing and porting .NET to linux but it remains to be seen whether it will work as well as on Windows ).

If you want to write games or windows desktop applications, .NET is the way to go. For mobile, Java as mobile Windows has minimal adoption.

.NET
more like....BOT NET

>>52386637
nice

>>52386727
surprised no one has make that joke till now actually

>>52383023
Java if you plan on working on Android apps in the near-future.

.Net if you plan on working on business apps in the near-future.

Both are shiterprise tier and very similar, if you learn one, learning the other is just an afternoon of reading.

Most of the "relevant" corporate high-paying shit it's done with either Java or C# with a .NET clusterfuck added.

Programming wise expect absolutely fucking nothing, you will not become a better programmer through those shitty languages, mostly because the implementations require little technical prowess.

You'll get paid like a real professional though.

>>52386497
>If you want to write games or windows desktop applications, .NET is the way to go. For mobile, Java as mobile Windows has minimal adoption.
Funny, I'm considering to toy around with Unreal SDK. "But" the scripting language is C++. I'm also considering developing for iOS.

So how is .NET good for game developing?

>>52388799
It isn't since they killed.xna.

Java is definitely the way to go for enterprise level never-get-fired jobs.

>>52384739
>How is Java compared to C?
Totally fucking different. They share a few bit of kind of similar syntax but that is it.

>>52388863
>Java is definitely the way to go for enterprise level never-get-fired jobs.
This.

.NET (well C#) is nicer than Java in some ways but the .NET Framework can be worse than the Java standard libraries in other ways. It is a bit hit and miss with both to be honest. Really it depends on exactly which bits you are using of the languages, frameworks, etc.

I live in London and in general Java jobs pay better than .NET jobs. The number of jobs is pretty much the same (loads) between them.

>>52388799
Unity, monogame which is open source xna

>>52389093
My biggest complaint about .net is how damned integrated the compiler is into the runtime.

In java, if you can produce VM code, any runtime will take it. In .net, if your compiler doesn't match what the runtime expects, you might as well give up on some of the more advanced reflection uses like especially for web work.

.NET for an easier life/job

Java for a tiny bit more money

>>52384739
Um, no? There's been cross platform .NET implementations for years now, and Microsoft released a shit ton of source code recently massively increasing cross platform .NET implementation development.

>>52387103
>Enterprise applications
>.NET

Um wat.

You spelt JEE wrong.

>>52389292
I know a couple of enterprises that tried .NET but went back to Java. This was 5 or so years ago and performance with .NET wasn't anywhere near as good as it was in Java. Also the cost of needing Windows Server OS was another factor. Sure a few servers doesn't really matter but when you start looking at 200+ server licenses even enterprises (with smaller departments picking up the cost) they start to get picky and "if Google can use Linux then we can!" attitude (not that it is a bad thing)

>>52389387
>performance with .NET wasn't anywhere near as good as it was in Java.
I think in many ways .NET isn't as well designed as java, despite being significantly newer. Also, direct algorithm to algorithm comparison of .NET to java has always favored .NET, even from the beginning. Java was designed so its bytecode could be emulated anywhere. .NET was designed so its bytecode could be almost directly translated to x86asm. They did this to best java performance wise. When it is slower compared to java, it's shitty design in the base classes and default frameworks.

>>52383023
Learn Java.
Afterwards, go back to C# only to realize how good it is.

[spoiler]Another question, I had done Servlets in the past. How is ASP.NET MVC compared to that?[/spoiler]

>>52391255
Asp.net is all the wonders of c# combined with all the horrors of iis and Microsoft-specific html generation.

Be ready to love convention when writing server pages.

As for webapi, its literally Microsoft-specific jaxrs. Even the syntax and configuration techniques are similar.

>>52383023
>People saying C# is better designed than Java
False
C# just has more features.
Features you can get by using Kotlin or Scala.
Except type erasure, which is fucking bullshit.