Java and the Mac

In light of the quickly approaching first day of Spring semester, I thought I should check this Mac and see if I'll have any problems programming in Java with the little cutie. I had already downloaded Eclipse and installed it though I never have learned how to build a project. Today, for some reason, it wouldn't even start. I just wanted to write simple program source files and compile them for class, so I went straight to java.sun.com and looked for the SDK that they surely made for the Mac - and didn't find it. Next step: Google.

The first thing the idiot savant told me was that I didn't need an SDK or to download the runtime environment. I found a developer's site at Apple that said, "Mac OS X is the only mass-market operating system that comes complete with a fully configured and ready-to-use Java Development Kit." I think that's great. I even tried it. I took a source file I wrote last semester and issued the same commands to compile and build the program, then ran it. Flawless. If I could find a text editor I liked, this thing would be really groovy.