Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:00:24 -0500 From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.rg.iupui.edu> To: Chris <chris@tourneyland.net> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of Java Development on FreeBSD Message-ID: <399C2838.E969EF9@aurora.rg.iupui.edu> References: <3.0.6.32.20000817104928.008c1d00@mail.tourneyland.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CC301E2042ABFCE5E5CC6511 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris, I think at some point you're going to make the switch over to UNIX and you will be so happy you've done that. The way you describe your working with Windoze it looks like your prognosis is excellent (your using Alt-Tab shows that you're not yet addicted to clicky-click.) Your not getting X up is a major stumbling block and it shouldn't be that difficult as I can see it turning you off. But since you still keep trying shows just how excellent your prognosis is! :-) If you have a little time to spare I suggest you track down that X11 problem first and then get emacs running. All you need to start is some bash basics and some emacs basics. You can do it all on the non- X console, but it looks more pleasing if you get X running. Getting SAMBA up and working is not a no-brainer either, so you may be better off just swiching the console between an emacs window and a shell window. Jikes works just fine on FreeBSD. So you're all set.... but, Java-1.2.2 is only available in some cumbersome alpha port as of now, so if you want JDK 2 (and there are very good reasons to want it) you need to get that alpha port running (ugh) but you may wait just a few weeks before you can download the first native FreeBSD JDK2 binary. If you want to stick to Windoze for now, and if you get Samba up and working for you (if you don't you *have* to work through the Diagnostics page that guide you step by step ...) you can even do the compiling from Windows, since the class files are not system dependent binaries. The only issue left is then that you have to use the JDK that you can get running on FreeBSD, which is 1.1.8 rock solid of 1.2.2 (with fingers crossed). keep the faith, you're gonna be happy you did it! -Gunther Chris wrote: > > (This is sort of a unrelated followup to my previous posting) > > Hey all, > > I'm developing some server-side java code. I'm a Windows guy (though I've > been running FreeBSD for over a year now, half-assedly hosting some Web > sites), and thus far I've been doing all my development on Windows, using > jikes as my compiler and Apache for Windows as my Web server. But > ultimately, everything's going to be served by FreeBSD, and it's time I > start testing on a FreeBSD machine. > > One option would be to go all the way - get X-Windows running on my local > FreeBSD dev machine, learn emacs or something, and make that my desktop > machine. I'm a little intimidated by this prospect, in that I've never even > successfully gotten X installed before (I've made a few tries, but was > undone by undocced cheapy video cards and gave up). If I go this route, any > suggestions for development tools? I don't need any fancy form designers or > any visual stuff - I'm currently using Textpad and compiling from the > command line fom Windows, and all I really need is a little project > managment stuff. > > A (potentially) simpler option would be to keep my Windows machine as my > development machine, and through a combination of Samba and I guess some > other stuff, control my Free machine from my Windows machine. Samba would > be good enough for file editing, but for compiling and running I suppose > I'd have to Alt-Tab back and forth to a telnet window, which isn't too > savory. Are there tools out there for doing this sort of thing that I'm not > aware of? > > Thanks, > Chris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message --------------CC301E2042ABFCE5E5CC6511 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="gunther.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Gunther Schadow Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="gunther.vcf" begin:vcard n:Schadow;Gunther tel;fax:+1 317 630 6962 tel;home:+1 317 816 0516 tel;work:+1 317 630 7960 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://aurora.rg.iupui.edu org:Regenstrief Institute for Health Care adr:;;1050 Wishard Blvd;Indianapolis;Indiana;46202;USA version:2.1 email;internet:gschadow@regenstrief.org title:M.D., Medical Information Scientist note;quoted-printable:Al oppinions expressed in this message are my own and do =0D=0Anot necessarily represent those of the Regenstrief Institute. fn:Gunther Schadow end:vcard --------------CC301E2042ABFCE5E5CC6511-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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