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Why C# and Why .NET in The Undergraduate Information Systems Curriculum Mehdi Raoufi Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK 73098, USA John Maniotes Purdue University Calumet Hammond, IN 46323, USA

Abstract: Considering the rapid pace of changes in the software field and the limited courses that a student can take in languages, the question is which languages are crucial for students to learn in an undergraduate IS curriculum. This paper investigates the necessity of teaching C# and .NET in the undergraduate IS curriculum. It explores the pros and cons of .Net versus J2EE for applications development and differences between C#, C++ and Java, and which one may be the best language for teaching first programming course in IS curriculum.

Keywords: C#, .NET, framework, platform, common language runtime, CLR, intermediate language, IL, undergraduate IS curriculum

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Recommended Citation: Raoufi and Maniotes (2005). Why C# and Why .NET in The Undergraduate Information Systems Curriculum. Information Systems Education Journal, 3 (43). http://isedj.org/3/43/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2004: §2132. ISSN: 1542-7382.)