Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the availability of the first beta version of a new tool that will migrate Java code into C#, Microsoft's proprietary Java-like programming language.

Specifically, Java Language Conversion Assistant is a tool converting existing Java-language code into Microsoft Visual C# for developers to move existing applications to the .NET Framework.

With the JLCA, customers can start experiencing the power of the .NET Framework and the component-oriented programming features of Visual C# .NET immediately. The JLCA 2.0, which migrates most ...

Now, with what the company calls the XobotOS Research Project, the Java layer has been removed via a "machine translation of Android from Java to C#," according to a blog post from Xamarin CTO Miguel ...

Java showed a dramatic decline of -3.92% on TIOBE’s system. While the programming language still sits at number four, Jansen notes that C# has never been this close to catching up to Java.

Developers with C#, VB.net or ASP.net skills out-earned Java developers by £50 a day at each level, according to the report. The highest paid development role was development director, earning £ ...