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About This Book

With Mac OS X, Apple delivers a Java implementation that adds value for both developers and end users. Java is fully integrated into Mac OS X, which offers developers easy access to the Aqua user interface, UNIX-based tools and technologies, QuickTime, OpenGL, and Cocoa. This built-in flexibility allows developers to create robust, well-designed applications that offer users a wide range of rich features and functionality.

This book provides an overview of Java development on Mac OS X and discusses the available features. It also provides simple examples on using the development tools available with Mac OS X.

This book is for the Java developer interested in writing Java applications on Mac OS X version 10.2 with Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) version 1.3.1. It does not discuss Java 2 Standard Edition version 1.4 on Mac OS X. Information on previous versions of Java on Mac OS X can be found in the Release Notes at http://developer.apple.com/documentation/java. It is primarily geared toward developers of pure Java applications, but it will also be useful for Cocoa Java development and WebObjects Java development.

This is not a tutorial for the Java language. If you are not already proficient in Java, this document will still be helpful to you but it will not teach you about the Java language and J2SE packages. Many resources exist in print and on the Web for learning the Java programming language. If you are new to programming in Java, you may want to start with one of Sun’s tutorials available online at http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/new2java/.

Contents:

How to Use This Book
Other Resources
Filing and Tracking Bugs

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