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Java Development Environments for Macintosh?

Posted by Cliff on from the coffee-and-apples dept.

spacecowboy420 asks: "My company (with my persuasion) has decided to move from a Windows platform to a Macintosh. The issue that is slowing this move is one of software solutions - more specifically a Jave IDE and Sales Contact Management software. We have been using JBuilder and Act!. Jbuilder is available for mac but is pricey, but the real rub is we need an IDE that supports the JClass Libraries (which Jbuilder does, but we would like to consider an alternative). Act! also doesn't have a mac version, so I am in new territory when it comes to mac contact solutions. What solutions have the Slashdot community found to be the best? What are the thoughts on Power Builder (although I know it doesn't support the JClass Libraries)?."

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  1. Shouldn't you have thought of this first? by innerFire · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    These are questions you should have asked and answered before presenting anything to management.

    The Mac ships with Java 1.3 but not yet 1.4 (afaik), and for that reason is not an ideal platform for Java development. Linux, Windows and Solaris are ideal platforms -- shouldn't you look at them first?

    This is obviously just an ideology game on your part, and you aren't putting your company's business needs first. You should not be in charge of IT decisions.

    I love Macs, too, but if you have to Ask Slashdot, you are not a professional.

  2. Java is for wimps by fm6 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Real programmers don't use Java. They don't even use high-level languages!