Apple Macintosh computers are hardware platforms which programmers have been keen to use. Mac OS X is Apple's new UNIX based operating system. They have included in the operating system a fully functioning Java 2 platform. Java will be used: to develop cross platform Java applications; as a server-side development language to build web applications; and to exploit the Cocoa Programming interface (an object oriented application framework and run-time environment which can be thought of as a set of re-useable application building blocks which can used as they are or extended as needed) to create native Mac OS X applications. -- Since the launch of Mac OS X with the cross platform features of Java, it has changed developers' concepts of the Macintosh as a serious contender for a development environment, that will mean a demand for information about programming within the environment -- There are other books on Mac OS X, but none that cover using Java with it, or on how to use it with the Cocoa Programming Interface -- This book will set the scene for future Wrox titles that will drill deeper into issues programmers want answers to on the Mac platform
This book provides a good overview of the technologies that comprise Microsoft's new .NET Framework and products. It includes chapters on a full range of .NET topics:
1 - .NET Overview 2 - Intro to the CLR 3 - An Introduction to C# 4 - What's New in Visual Basic.NET 5 - New Features in Visual Studio.NET 6 - .NET Class Framework 7 - ASP.NET 8 - Web Services 9 - Windows Forms 10 - Building .NET Components 11 - ADO.NET 12 - Enterprise Servers 13 - ASP.NET Case Study