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Re: I'm looking for help learning Java on OS X

The philosophy behind Java is that the platform is primarily transparent. The platform is primarily an issue when you attempt to use platform specific functionality, port your application, or create installations when deploying. These are not things you would typically be doing while learning Java.

The bottom line is that most generic Java books cover most of what you need to know to get up to speed with Java. I would recommend first getting a basic Java text, one that speaks your language (i.e. is easy for you to understand). Then get a helpful Java interactive developement evironment (IDE). I use JBuilder from Borland. It has an editor that has great access to Java documentation, a good user interface builder, and good debugging capabilities. The help also contains tutorials. And they have a free version called the personal version - just download it from their web site.

That should keep you busy for a while. Once you get the basics down and you want to deploy an application or do something platform specific, you will be in a better postion to understand existing resources.

Rick Klint wrote:
I9m am trying to learn how to program in Java on OS-X.
I am having a hard time trying to find information on learning Java on Mac
OS-X. All the books and websites that I find seem to be geared towards
learning Java on the Windows platform, and the 3Mac OS-X Java2 sites are
setup for people that already know Java. I9m looking for something (book,
websites, articles, etc...) that I can use with a beginning Java programming
book to help me make the examples in the books work on Mac OS-X . Any help
would be greatly appreciated,
Rick
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