Women in Technology

Article:		Mixing Java and Titanium, Part Two
Subject:		Why can't MacOS just allow you to double-click on Jar files??
Date:		2002-11-23 14:22:12
From:		anonymous2
Seems to me that Java will never be cross platform (from the point of view of the developer) thanks to the MacOS Why should I have to actually buy a Mac to use the ProjectBuilder or MRJAppBuilder to create a distributable application for end users? If that's the case, I could just write native code for that platform instead and stick with C++. The point of developing with Java is to create a distributable (e.g. a .jar file) that will run on any platform. If Apple was smart they would create tools for the Windows ro Linux platforms that would help developers target the Mac platform. OR simply think of a way to make .jar files double-clickable by default.

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• Why can't MacOS just allow you to double-click on Jar files??
  2003-07-07 20:20:03  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Since all of the files in the bundle are just plain text files/xml and a directory structure, there is no reason why you cannot build the entire bundle on any platform you choose.
  
  In my opinion Apple has gone a long way to make java a "first class citizen". My java applications are more integrated on my Mac then they ever were on my old Windows machine and are even better than what I gained on Linux. Each platform handles applications differently so a little tweaking on your part to provide what that platform needs to get everything run smoothly is not too hard. A lot easier than porting C++ code around the different platforms.