no no no, i understand completely. Now what was that website you
suggested? I want to write a hello world program in java on the mac,
will those sites get me started step by ste?
thanks
i wanna learn more about programing on the mac smiley.
mike
On Apr 27, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Michael;
• In the Leopard DVD, locate the 'Optional Installs' folder and open
it.
• Run the app called 'Optional Installs.mpkg'
• Follow the prompts and install what you'd like.
• I'd personally recommend installing everything, as you're new to
this and many components have dependencies.
HTH
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Apr 27, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Michael Babcock wrote:
hi there;
i want to get started with java. what do i have to install from the
dvd?
On Apr 27, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Michael, have you had any programming experience before? If
not, you'll need to learn a programming language. Personally, I'd
recommend Java, as the environment needed to run it is
preinstalled in Leopard, and you can install the development
environment from your Leopard DVD. It's also an object oriented
language, with cross-platform capability, so it's modern and
versatile. Lastly, there are quite a number of tutorials on the
web; -one site with a number of these is:
http://www.javacoffeebreak.com
I personally think this is a good language to start with as it's
one of the easier OOP (object oriented programming) languages to
learn.
-Your mileage may vary! <smile> :)
Another language you might consider starting with is Python, which
also is preinstalled on your Mac with Leopard. It's also object
oriented, but has a very different syntax to Java. In my opinion,
it's a bit more of a BASIC style language in that it uses more
words as opposed to symbols in it's code and some prefer that
approach. Another feature of Python code is that one also needs
to take into account text formatting. I.E. Indention / white
space.
Python is also cross-platform and also has quite a bit of
documentation on the web.
These are just two possibilities, so I hope this is a bit of what
yer' after?…
Have a great day and catch ya soon!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Michael Babcock wrote:
hi there;
whati s the best way to get started with writing programs on the
mac? Just curious what you would suggest? thanks
mike
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