[DrJava] .NET tutorial

[Corky C. <co...@ri...>]

Hi Comp 312 Folks,

For those attending the .NET workshop tomorrow and Friday, I still
haven't received word about the starting time.  I asked for a schedule
this morning but none has been forthcoming.  Tomorrow is a lecture day
and will be held in DH 1064.  I would assume that it will begin at 9
a.m. but no one has told me.  Friday is hands-on day in Symonds II.

I suspect that tomorrow will start with a standard .NET spiel.  You'll
learn that .NET is multi-lingual alternative to Java, but the source
language with almost perfect correspondence to the underlying VM
(called the CLR) is C#, so the multi-lingual angle is overblown, 
except for the issue of interoperating with legacy code.

All the .NET tools are XML based where possible.  In constructing
web services, .NET relies on the SOAP standard as the
communication protocol between clients and web services and 
web services and web services.

-- Corky