The magazine of the Melbourne PC User Group Mac OS X for Java Geeks - For the bookshelf Major Keary |
Our membership includes people who use Macs as well as Wintel machines, and there is an increasing awareness of the Mac OS X platform's advantages for software development. When a publisher like O'Reilly swings in behind OS X (pronounced OS ten) it is a reliable indicator of the platform's future.
This book is about OS X as a platform for Java programmers. Each operating system has its own peculiarities that have to be accommodated when creating a Java compiler and virtual machine; the Java Development Kit (JDK) is available free for most operating systems and a Mac version is part of the OS X package. The JDK is sometimes referred to as 'SDK' (Software Development Kit).
Java developers approaching OS X for the first time will want to know where all the Java files reside, what ancillary tools (such as code editors) are available, and where other familiar tools (such as Ant) are stored. The first part of the book deals with that.
From there Mac OS X for Java Geeks covers all aspects of programming with Java on OS X. The information is not designed to teach Java - there are other good texts for learning. This book is for Java programmers who want to take advantage of the OS X platform with its in-built Java applications and UNIX shell.
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Will Iversen: Mac OS X for Java Geeks ISBN 0-596-00400-1 Published by O'Reilly, 282 pp., RRP $95.00 incl. GST. |
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Reprinted from the December 2003 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
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