Jguy101 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2005 I have a firend that's interested in learning some programming languages (he only knows AppleScript and HTML, but the latter doesn't really count), and he's kinda interested in Java. However, he's a die-hard Mac user, and the only PeeCees at his hosue are an ol'd desktop on Win95, and his Dad's Dell laptop. So, where could he get the JDK for Mac OS X? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2005 Goto Sun's Java site and you'd surely find a link. Here are some articles and links containing supportive docs about Java on OS-X.1. https://developer.apple.com/search/?q=java2. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html3. https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp4. http://www.javaworld.com/5. https://developer.apple.com/search/?q=java Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madcrow 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2005 The beauty of Java is that it works on any platform for which an interpreter has been written. Mac is one of those platforms, so your friend should have no problem with Java. Actually, Java is good to develop for on a Mac, because you can make programs that will work on PCs, so a lot more people can use them than if you were to make Mac-native programs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChronicLoser 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2005 lol yea...I'm a hundred percent certain that Java is also supported in a Mac being that my Java Computer Programming class at school had used a Mac in order to teach us all that junk. We used eclipse and blue jay as java editors...but I'm sure there are many others out there that will work just fine on a Mac you're just gonna have to search around for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajesticTreeFrog 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2005 If he uses a mac(or really anything, but a mac), he should check out python. Its one of the most powerful AND one of the most easy to learn languages. In addition, through PyObjC, he can talk to OSX directly with it and access cocoa libraries(very very handy). Just a thought.Also, the next version of java for OS X is coming out with Tiger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soleq 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2005 Being a Mac user and knowing Java, I can attest to OS X's ability to compile and run Java bytecodes. OS X really is a fantastic machine to code Java on. JDK is built into the Unix sublayer, and you can easily just go into the terminal and start javac'ing any .java file you can find. I believe that there are some specific APIs that may be platform specific, but beyond that, Java is completely platform independant. Plus, the nice thing is that you can code Java in XCode and make Cocoa binaries (soon to be Universal Binaries). All in all, if you want to code professional applications, and you don't know C, Java is the easiest language to learn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
