Visual Studio .

NET Using J#
Based on Microsoft .NET Training
Summer 2004 Slides adapted from http://www.lfc.edu/~hummel/workshops.html

Goals

Brief Discussion of J#: the language data structures, algorithms & OOD application types: console, GUI, database-driven Using J# and .NET

Help you: See a mature GUI in action Develop a client-server web based application

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Why use .NET?

Robust, mature technology & tools Visual Studio .NET is an excellent development environment Compares favorably to J2EE, WebSphere (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/java/compare/) A study by Forrester Research (see above link) indicates .NET is favored (56%) over J2EE You have a choice of programming language: J# is Java 1.4, however with a subset of the Java class libraries. Microsoft has implemented its own rich set of classes for use across languages (C#, C++, VB) You have a choice of application domains: console, graphical user interface (GUI), web, database-driven,

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Outline of the .NET material

Using .NET: modern program execution through virtual machines the programming language J# important algorithms, data structures, and classes WinForms: Graphical User Interfaces in .NET WebForms: Like WinForms, but for use on the Web object-oriented design (OOD) debugging & testing (with NUnit) relational databases, SQL, and .NET database programming web services the application of J# and .NET to other application domains

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