April 2003
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 48m
English
Content preview from Mac OS X for Java Geeks
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
GUI Application Delivery Comparison
Several options are available for delivering your Java-based, client-side GUI application on Mac OS X. Table 8-2 provides a chart comparing these various delivery mechanisms.
Table 8-2. Packaging options for GUI applications
|
Double-clickable JAR |
Mac OS X bundled application |
Applet |
Web Start | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Packaging requirements |
Entry in JAR manifest |
Specific directory and packaging requirements |
HTML file |
HTML file and JNLP file |
|
Development complexity |
Minimal (standard Java development) |
Additional Mac OS X configuration |
Use Applet Runner |
Significant relaunching within Web Start |
|
Portability |
Closest to “pure” Java |
Doesn’t force incompatibility; unfamiliar to non-Mac OS X users |
Extensive browser testing required |
Closest to “pure” Java with network connectivity |
|
Functionality |
Full |
Full |
Limited by Sandbox, browser JVM |
Limited by digital signature |
|
Sandbox |
None |
None |
Browser |
Web Start |
|
Mac OS X user experience |
Varies per testing on Mac OS X |
Preferred |
Varies per testing on Mac OS X |
Generally preferred over applets for network-delivered applications |
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.