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Mac OS X for Java Geeks

Author : Will Iverson
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596004002
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X for Java Geeks written by Will Iverson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X for Java Geeks delivers a complete and detailed look at the Mac OS X platform, geared specifically at Java developers. Programmers using the 10.2 (Jaguar) release of Mac OS X, and the new JDK 1.4, have unprecedented new functionality available to them. Whether you are a Java newbie, working your way through Java Swing and classpath issues, or you are a Java guru, comfortable with digital media, reflection, and J2EE, this book will teach you how to get around on Mac OS X. You'll also get the latest information on how to build applications that run seamlessly, and identically, on Windows, Linux, Unix, and the Mac. 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.

Java and Mac OS X

Author : T. Gene Davis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470647329
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Java and Mac OS X written by T. Gene Davis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the guidelines of integrating Java with native Mac OS X applications with this Devloper Reference book. Java is used to create nearly every type of application that exists and is one of the most required skills of employers seeking computer programmers. Java code and its libraries can be integrated with Mac OS X features, and this book shows you how to do just that. You'll learn to write Java programs on OS X and you'll even discover how to integrate them with the Cocoa APIs. Shows how Java programs can be integrated with any Mac OS X feature, such as NSView widgets or screen savers Reveals the requirements for integrating Java with native OS X applications Covers OS X libraries and behaviors unique to working with Java With this book, you will learn that creating Java-based applications that integrate closely with OS X is not a myth! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Java® and Mac OS® X

Author : T. Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Java® and Mac OS® X written by T. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the guidelines of integrating Java with native Mac OS X applications with this Devloper Reference book. Java is used to create nearly every type of application that exists and is one of the most required skills of employers seeking computer programmers. Java code and its libraries can be integrated with Mac OS X features, and this book shows you how to do just that. You'll learn to write Java programs on OS X and you'll even discover how to integrate them with the Cocoa APIs. Shows how Java programs can be integrated with any Mac OS X feature, such as NSView widgets or screen savers Reveals the requirements for integrating Java with native OS X applications Covers OS X libraries and behaviors unique to working with Java With this book, you will learn that creating Java-based applications that integrate closely with OS X is not a myth! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Tomcat: The Definitive Guide

Author : Jason Brittain
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 059655205X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Tomcat: The Definitive Guide written by Jason Brittain and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003-06-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jakarta Tomcat is not only the most commonly used open source servlet engine today, it's become the de facto standard by which other servlet engines are measured. Powerful and flexible, it can be used as a stand-alone web server or in conjunction with another server, like Apache or IIS, to run servlets or JSPs. But mastery of Tomcat is not easy: because it's as complex as it is complete. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide answers vexing questions that users, administrators, and developers alike have been asking. This concise guide provides much needed information to help harness Tomcat's power and wealth of features.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide offers something for everyone who uses Tomcat. System and network administrators will find detailed instructions on installation, configuration, and maintenance. For users, it supplies insightful information on how to deploy Tomcat. And seasoned enterprise Java developers will have a complete reference to setting up, running, and using this powerful softwareThe book begins with an introduction to the Tomcat server and includes an overview of the three types of server configurations: stand-alone, in-process, and out-of-process. The authors show how directories are laid out, cover the initial setup, and describe how to set the environment variables and modify the configuration files, concluding with common errors, problems, and solutions. In subsequent chapters, they cover: The server.xml configuration file Java Security manager Authentication schemes and Tomcat users The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Tomcat JDBC Realms Installing servlets and Java Server Pages Integrating Tomcat with Apache Advanced Tomcat configuration and much more.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide covers all major platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X, contains details on Tomcat configuration files, and has a quick-start guide to get developers up and running with Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. If you've struggled with this powerful yet demanding technology in the past, this book will provide the answers you need.

Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

Author : Brian Jepson
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596003560
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X for Unix Geeks written by Brian Jepson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, you're one of the many, the proud... the Unix geeks who've "switched" to Mac OS X. Although hacking code on the Mac is the same as hacking code on other Unix systems, you're bound to run into some problems because of the subtle differences between the Unix you're accustomed to and how things are done in Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). Mac OS X for Unix Geeks was written by two long-time Unix users who've found themselves exactly where you are. It cuts through the chaff and gets right to the point on such topics as : • Using the Terminal and understanding how it differs from an xterm • Using Directory Services, Open Directory (LDAP), and NetInfo • Compiling code with GCC 3 • Library linking and porting Unix software • Creating and installing packages with Fink • Building the Darwin kernel • Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X This quick and dirty guide continues with an overview of Mac OS X's filesystem and startup processes, wrapping up with a handy reference section called the "Missing Manpages", covering Mac OS X commandline utilities not in the official documentation. Mac OS X is quickly becoming the platform of choice for Unix hackers and geeks, because it gives you what Tim O'Reilly refers to as "guilt-free computing"- a Unix system that you don't have to share with Windows. If you proudly wear the badge "Unix Geek", this book is your guide to demystifying the geekier side of Mac OS X.

Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell

Author : Chuck Toporek
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596006068
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell written by Chuck Toporek and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2004 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete overview of Mac OS Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2) including basic system and network administration features, hundreds of tips and tricks, with an overview of Mac OS X's Unix text editors and CVS.

Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Author : Jason McIntosh
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596003708
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Mac OS X in a Nutshell by : Jason McIntosh

Download or read book Mac OS X in a Nutshell written by Jason McIntosh and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2003 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the common-sense O'Reilly style, Mac OS X in a Nutshell ruts through the hype and gives readers practical details they can use every day. Everything you need to know about Mac OS X has been systematically documented in this book. Mac OS X in a Nutshell offers a complete overview of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), from its Aqua interface right down to its BSD Unix core. This book familiarizes readers with the Finder and the Dock, System Preferences, file management, system and network administration issues, and more. Later chapters include coverage of the Terminal and how to configure a DAMP (Darwin, Apache, MySQL, Pert/PHP/Python) web-publishing system. In Mac OS X in a Nutshell, you'll find : • Detailed information on virtually every command and utility available on Mac OS X Jaguar • The most complete and thorough coverage of Mac OS X's Unix commands you'll find anywhere • Detailed advice and documentation on system configuration, with extensive coverage of the System Preferences and use of the Finder and Dock • An overview of basic system and network administration features, including coverage of NetInfo and Directory Services • Hundreds of tips, tricks, and clever ways to do familiar and not-so-familiar tasks • Instructions on installing the X Window System and how to build and run BSD Unix applications • An overview of Mac OS X's Unix text editors, including vi and Emacs • An overview of CVS, the concurrent version system • Information on shell syntax and variables for Mac OS X's default user shell, tcsh Each command and option in the book's Unix Command Reference has been painstakingly tested and checked against Jaguar-even the manpages that ship with Mac OS X can't compete in accuracy. Mac OS X in a Nutshell is the most comprehensive quick reference on the market and is a must for any serious Mac user.

Java Swing

Author : Marc Loy
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596004087
Total Pages : 1278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Java Swing written by Marc Loy and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002-11-20 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swing is a fully-featured user interface development kit for Java applications. Building on the foundations of the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), Swing enables cross-platform applications to use any of several pluggable look-and-feels. Swing developers can take advantage of its rich, flexible features and modular components, building elegant user interfaces with very little code. This second edition of Java Swing thoroughly covers all the features available in Java 2 SDK 1.3 and 1.4. More than simply a reference, this new edition takes a practical approach. It is a book by developers for developers, with hundreds of useful examples, from beginning level to advanced, covering every component available in Swing. All these features mean that there's a lot to learn. Even setting aside its platform flexibility, Swing compares favorably with any widely available user interface toolkit--it has great depth. Swing makes it easy to do simple things but is powerful enough to create complex, intricate interfaces. Java Swing, 2nd edition includes : A new chapter on Drag and Drop Accessibility features for creating a user interface meeting the needs of all users Coverage of the improved key binding infrastructure introduced in SDK 1.3 A new chapter on JFormattedTextField and input validation Mac OS X coverage and examples Coverage of the improved focus system introduced in SDK 1.4 Pluggable Look-and-Feel coverage Coverage of the new layout manager, SpringLayout, from SDK 1.4 Properties tables that summarize important features of each component Coverage of the 1.4 Spinner component Details about using HTML in components A new appendix listing bound actions for each component A supporting web site with utilities, examples, and supplemental materials Whether you're a seasoned Java developer or just trying to find out what Java can do, you'll find Java Swing, 2nd edition an indispensable guide.

Running Mac OS X Tiger

Author : James Duncan Davidson
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 9780596009137
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Running Mac OS X Tiger written by James Duncan Davidson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For power users who want to modify Tiger, the new release of Mac OS X, this book takes them deep inside Mac OS X's core, revealing the inner workings of the system.

Mac OSX Developer's Guide

Author : Jesse Feiler
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080510523
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Mac OSX Developer's Guide written by Jesse Feiler and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-10-16 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X, Apple's newest operating system for the Macintosh platform, is profoundly different from its earlier versions because of its similarity to the UNIX operating system. For developers writing software for OS X this means adjusting to two new environments to create applications and to access the enhanced features of the new OS, Cocoa and Carbon. Cocoa is an object-oriented API in which all future OS X programs will be written. Carbon is a transitional technology allowing compatibility of applications written for earlier versions of the Mac OS with Mac OS X. Mac OS X Developer's Guide focuses equally on Cocoa and Carbon, guiding the reader through these technologies and showing how to write applications in both. It is the first book for Mac OS X developers written for those who are already working on applications, as well as new developers just getting started. It starts off describing the new OS and its development tools then focuses on specific programming issues, providing tips on making the transition from classic Mac OS code to Mac OS X. * A guide for developers already writing applications as well as new developers just getting started * Focuses equally on both Cocoa and Carbon environments * Provides tips on transitioning from writing code for classic Mac OS to OS X * References Apple online materials extensively, to keep developers up to speed on changes

Learn OS X Lion

Author : Scott Meyers
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430237635
Total Pages : 707 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Learn OS X Lion written by Scott Meyers and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re smart and savvy, but you're also busy. This comprehensive guide to Apple's latest version of OS X, Lion, gives you everything you need to know to live a happy, productive Mac life. Learn OS X Lion will have you up and connected right away. With a minimum of overhead and a maximum of useful information, you’ll cover a lot of ground in the time it takes other books to get you plugged in. If this isn’t your first experience with OS X, skip right to the "What’s New in Lion" sections. You may also find yourself using this book as a quick refresher course or a way to learn new Mac skills you’ve never tried before.

Mac OS X Internals

Author : Amit Singh
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 0132702266
Total Pages : 1677 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X Internals written by Amit Singh and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X was released in March 2001, but many components, such as Mach and BSD, are considerably older. Understanding the design, implementation, and workings of Mac OS X requires examination of several technologies that differ in their age, origins, philosophies, and roles. Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach is the first book that dissects the internals of the system, presenting a detailed picture that grows incrementally as you read. For example, you will learn the roles of the firmware, the bootloader, the Mach and BSD kernel components (including the process, virtual memory, IPC, and file system layers), the object-oriented I/O Kit driver framework, user libraries, and other core pieces of software. You will learn how these pieces connect and work internally, where they originated, and how they evolved. The book also covers several key areas of the Intel-based Macintosh computers. A solid understanding of system internals is immensely useful in design, development, and debugging for programmers of various skill levels. System programmers can use the book as a reference and to construct a better picture of how the core system works. Application programmers can gain a deeper understanding of how their applications interact with the system. System administrators and power users can use the book to harness the power of the rich environment offered by Mac OS X. Finally, members of the Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unix communities will find the book valuable in comparing and contrasting Mac OS X with their respective systems. Mac OS X Internals focuses on the technical aspects of OS X and is so full of extremely useful information and programming examples that it will definitely become a mandatory tool for every Mac OS X programmer.

Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques

Author : Joe Zobkiw
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0132713926
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques written by Joe Zobkiw and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques introduces intermediate to advanced developers to a wide range of topics they will not find so extensively detailed anywhere else. The book concentrates on teaching Cocoa development first, and then takes that knowledge and teaches in-depth, advanced Mac OS X development through detailed examples. Topics covered include: writing applications in Cocoa, supporting plug-in architectures, using shell scripts as startup items, understanding property lists, writing screen savers, implementing preference panes and storing global user preferences, custom color pickers, components, core and non-core services, foundations, frameworks, bundles, tools, applications and more. Source code in Objective-C, Perl, Java, shell script, and other languages are included as appropriate. These solutions are necessary when developing Mac OS X software, but many times are overlooked due to their complexities and lack of documentation and examples. The project-oriented approach of Mac OS X Advanced Development Techniques lends itself perfectly to those developers who need to learn a specific aspect of this new OS. Stand-alone examples allow them to strike a specific topic with surgical precision. Each chapter will be filled with snippets of deep, technical information that is difficult or impossible to find anywhere else.

Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

Author : Brian Jepson
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596552742
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks written by Brian Jepson and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O'Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, that depth of understanding shows.This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment. Topics include: Using the Terminal and understanding how it differs from an xterm Using Directory Services, Open Directory (LDAP), and NetInfo Compiling code with GCC 3 Library linking and porting Unix software Creating and installing packages with Fink Using DarwinPorts Search through metadata with Spotlight's command-line utilities Building the Darwin kernel Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X, or better yet, run Mac OS X on a Windows machine with PearPC! Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks is the ideal survival guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.

Quartz 2D Graphics for Mac OS X Developers

Author : R. Scott Thompson
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 0321336631
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Quartz 2D Graphics for Mac OS X Developers written by R. Scott Thompson and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2006 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hands-on guide to understanding and utilizing Quartz and Core Image, the two major graphic technologies in the Apple Core Graphics Framework.

Mac OS X Programming

Author : Dan Parks Sydow
Publisher : New Riders
ISBN 13 : 9780735711686
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Mac OS X Programming written by Dan Parks Sydow and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2002 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X Programming Techniques provides the reader with definitions, details, and explanations of the various components that make up this new operating system. Understanding the operating system helps the reader use the programming tools and the Carbon application programming interface (API)--both of which are covered extensively in this book. Much of the original programming API (now referred to as the Classic API) is still usable. But it's been revamped and renamed--it's now the Carbon API. This modified set of functions includes plenty of new routines that make a Mac programmer's work easier and more powerful--provided that the programmer knows how to make use of the new code. The reader learns about the all new Carbon Event Manager, as well as the changes and enhancements that have been made to existing managers (such as the Window Manager and the Menu Manager). Readers new to Mac programming will appreciate the journey that takes them from the start of a new Macintosh project to the final building of a standalone Mac OS X application. Readers experienced in programming the Mac will find this same material of great interest--and these readers will benefit from the lengthy section on porting existing Mac OS 8 and 9 applications to Mac OS X. Finally, readers will appreciate the Carbon API reference section that provides information and example code for dozens of the most commonly used Carbon routines. All the code developed in the book will be available on www.newriders.com.

EA MAC OS X JA,

Author : Eric Albert
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book EA MAC OS X JA, written by Eric Albert and published by Apress. This book was released on 2001-11-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac OS X is a UNIX-based operating system that runs on some of the finest hardware in the world. it comes with some excellent development tools, and a first-class Java 2 Standard Edition implementation, including a HotSpot client virtual machine, tied right into the operating system. Apple has made Java a first-class citizen of Mac OS X, and this book shows how Java developers can take advantage of the power they've been given. Using Java as a development language on Mac OS X, you can write portable pure Java applications that run and look like native programs, or you can develop programs that exploit the Cocoa programming interface, allowing you to build powerful Mac OS X applications and take advantage of all the functionality provided by Apple's exciting Aqua UI. You can also exploit native operating-system functionality without writing any C or C+ + code, through APIs such as JDirect. This book explains to the experienced Java developer where to start, what's possible, and where to go. Who is this book for? Mac OS X is a new operating system for almost everybody. Mac users may feel slightly more at home with some aspects of its interface, but anybody coming from a UNIX background will also find familiar features that Mac users will find totally alien. Therefore, this book doesn't make any assumptions about whether you come from a Mac or non-Mac background. What it does assume, however, is that you're reasonably experienced with Java, or perhaps in the process of learning it.