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Mon 20 Dec 2004
Java on OS X Course @ Apple Singapore
Category : Technology/JavaOnOSX21Dec.txt
We're setting up the equipment for tomorrow's Java on Mac OS X course at Apple Singapore. About 17 to 20 people are expected to come (and sit under the gaze of Einstein, Picasso, Gandhi, and company). ![](../Images/JavaOSXCoursePrep.jpg)
As with all the other sessions we've done at Apple Singapore, we get a wide assortment of Macs to try our stuff on - there're a couple of new PowerMac G5s with the liquid cooling system, the new iMac G5, and the new LCD displays. This is what we hope to cover : Java from the OS X Command Line, Java with Cocoa, and Java on the Web. ![](../Images/MVC.jpg)
The idea is to show how Java is implemented on the Mac, and how we can be productive re-using our code across all three interfaces. And the sample code we're using as the basis of the exercises is not a toy. It's a complete Cocoa application in miniature - with check boxes, radio buttons, pop-up-menus, sheets, drawers, tables, data source, notification, and handling double-clicks on a table, multiple windows, and accessing a JDBC-compliant database - all callable from Java. Raw material to build a wide range of Cocoa applications from. While building Cocoa applications with Objective-C feels more natural, is smoother, and is a lot more fun, lots of people have code in Java. And it makes a nice continuum being able to deliver enterprise-scale applications across the web and on the desktop, using a wide range of relational databases, including Oracle and MySQL. Java is important for the Mac in the enterprise. But what will tomorrow bring?
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