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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!siemens.at!news From: Peter.Schurek@siemens.at Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Q: Java development and FreeBSD Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 10:27:20 +0200 Organization: PSE TN143; Siemens AG, Austria Lines: 25 Message-ID: <33645F68.98@siemens.at> Reply-To: Peter.Schurek@siemens.at NNTP-Posting-Host: firix.siemens.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (OS/2; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39856 Hi ! I am currently evaluating Java as means for writing portable GUI applications. The fact that the platforms with which I'm professionally confronted (OS/2, Windows, Windows NT) all feature Java support seem to justify digging deeper. At home I am running FreeBSD (2.1R). So before sifting through tons of manuals and documentation I need a few questions answered to get started: 1) The java interpreter is platform dependent. What besides the JDK from Sun do I need to set up a basic Java development platform, especially one supporting the awt classes ? 2) The Netscape browswer supports Java, but security considerations deny the applets many features which the applet viewer allows. Should I even bother obtaining Netscape as applet viewer ? Besides, what is the standard HTML browser for FreeBSD ? I'm happy with lynx and an old version of Mosaic, none of them has Java support. 3) If Netscape is ok, are there any ports specifically for FreeBSD or must I use the Linux port ? TIA, Peter