Chapter 1. Microsoft .NET and J2EE Fundamentals

As mentioned in the Introduction, this book will appeal to two audiences. The first of these is developers who have a background in either Java, the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform, or both, and want to develop solutions that interoperate with Microsoft .NET. The second audience is developers who are accustomed to working with Microsoft .NET (and probably have a Microsoft Windows DNA background) and want to build solutions that interoperate with existing Java or J2EE implementations. In addition, many developers reading this book will have some exposure to both platforms.

This chapter offers two sections that serve as a primer to the terminology and technical details used in the book. One ...

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