When Microsoft launched .Net, IT arena was flooded with questions and debates as to which technology is superior to other. The .Net vs. J2EE debate is still around. Both .Net and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) are development platforms to create web applications.

However, developer will prefer .Net Framework because it takes very short time in it to develop web applications. In J2EE, if any modification is required in Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) entire application had to be repackaged and redeployed. In some cases, you may not repackage application but it is necessary to redeploy whole application.

Another advantage of .Net over J2EE is that all components of .Net are in compact. In J2EE there is hardly any ease to choose and pick a component. The design patterns of .Net are very user friendly comparing to J2EE. Moreover, with regard to functionality or performance also .Net overtakes J2EE.

.Net and Java are said to be two widely used development environment to build web applications. It is very difficult to predict as to who will emerge winner, but clear indication is there that large enterprises who have been using Java for a long time or enterprises who use different platforms, will surely continue their relationship with Java. As far as .Net is concerned, enterprises who have Windows platform and who is looking for faster development time will go for .Net.

With Microsoft-based solutions like .Net there is a limited possibility for scalability for large scale deployments than it does with any Java application. Moreover, today if you select any Microsoft-based solution you without any reservation select hardware, operating system, and middleware. This is in contrast with Java, which is independent of any operating system and middleware.