Mac OS X for Java Geeks Review

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(More customer reviews)I had been playing around with my PowerBook G4 as a webserver (using Apache), building some PHP-based applications, and serving them up locally during development.PHP is great for quick deployment of server-side web pages, but I had wanted to try my hand at developing Java-based web apps.I didn't really know where to start, but then I found Mac OS X for Java Geeks.
Using this book as my guide, I was able to:
* Install and configure Apache Tomcat
* Write and deploy my first "Hello World" JSP
* Write and deploy my first Servlet
* Deploy a working JSP that accesses a MySQL database
For me, this book has been invaluable... and I've only used two chapters!Will Iverson has created a volume that has something for everyone-- but most people will only use a part of the book.
Everyone can benefit from his overview of the JVM on Mac OS X, as well as the chapter on Java development tools.
If you want to develop web-based Java applications, there are chapters on Applets, JSPs and Servlets, Web services such as SOAP, and even using JBoss to serve EJBs.
If you hope to develop applications for the Mac platform, there are chapters on creating Mac applications, and interfacing with Mac OS gems such as Quicktime , Mac OS speech, and the Mac OS spelling framework.
The book is filled with great figures and examples, and readers looking to get their feet wet can build a swing application called SimpleEdit, which is used throughout the book as something to build on with newly acquired knowledge.
If you are planning to do any work in Java and the Mac is your development (or deployment) platform, you gotta get this book.I know I'll be coming back to it over and over.

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Mac OS X for Java Geeks delivers a complete and detailed look at the Mac OS X platform, geared specifically at Java developers.The book begins by laying out the Mac OS X tool set, from the included Java Runtime Environment to third-party tools IDEs and Jakarta Ant. You'll then be brought up to speed on the advanced, Mac-specific extensions to Java, including the spelling framework, speech framework, and integration with QuickTime. In addition to clear explanations of these extensions, you'll learn how to write code that falls back to non-Mac specific code when it runs on other platforms, keeping your application portable.Once you have the fundamentals of the Mac OS X Java platform in hand, this book takes you beyond the basics. You'll learn how to get the Apache web server running, and supplement it with the Jakarta Tomcat JSP and servlet container. JSPs and servlets running on Mac OS X are covered, as is installation and connectivity to a database. Once you have your web applications up and running, you'll learn how to interface them with EJBs, as running the JBoss application server on Mac OS X is covered. Finally, the latest developments in web services, including XML-RPC and SOAP, are found within.

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