Software development on Mac OS X

• Mac OS X supports many development environments

• • UNIX (POSIX compliant)
  • Java (Java 5.0 compliant)
  • • WebObjects (Java Web Application Server)
  • Cocoa (NEXTSTEP technology)
  • Carbon (for legacy applications)
  • AppleScript (for inter-application scripting)
  • Automator (for automating repetitive tasks)
  • A host of open source, web, scripting, database, and development technologies
  • • LAMP
    • Ruby on Rails
    • ...