Free compilation software for mac

Your application can support thin clients (HTML) and rich clients (AJAX), with anything in between. You can also create pure REST services with no user interaction.
Languages supported are Python, Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, Groovy and Velocity, and anything else supported by the Scripturian project.
A complete, ready-to-rumble platform is ready for you to download, for which the only requirement is Java 5. It includes plenty of example code, a scalable HTTP server, and robust logging facilities.
For Java developers, Restoration is also available as a standalone library, which you can embed in your application.

Main features:
- In addition to making it very easy to create REST resources (see demos), Restoration allows embedding scriptlets within HTML pages, similarly to PHP, JSP and ASP (see demos), with support for high-performance streaming and caching of results.
- You can see your changes happen on-the-fly without any compilation: Restoration picks up your edits and makes sure to update its cached code base. Development is quick, powerful and fun!

System requirements:
- Java 5 or later

PSU Blast Image Config (aka "BIC") is a complete software solution to quickly restore and configure a Macintosh back to a known state.
This tool is intended to automate the build process as much as possible. We use BIC here at PSU to do the initial install of the base OS and applications on all of our lab and kiosk Macs.
Main features:
- Configure and set the Open Firmware security, preventing unauthorized access via single (root) user mode or booting from external devices
- Set the date and time
- Restore a master disk image quickly to a Macs internal hard disk
- Configure the network settings on the restored disk (via ncutil):
IP Address : DHCP or Manual (Static)
Subnet Mask & Router
DNS Servers
Network Names (Computer and Local)
- Change the startup disk to the restored disk
- Extensible through pre- and post-restore scripts
- Specify default and autorun settings via a preference file.
Enhancements:
- FIXED: Now correctly supports Macs with dual on-board ethernet ports. NOTE: Only configures the network for the "Built-in Ethernet 1", port 1 on the case, and all other network interfaces are disabled (unless you enable the AirPort interface in the auto-run prefs - see below for more info on this new feature). Macs that have dual on-board ethernet includes the most recent Power Mac G5s with Dual 2.3 Ghz processors and the Mac Pro desktop. Ive only tested this on the dual 2.3 Ghz G5, so please let me know if you see failures when BIC 2.6.5 and ncutil 3.1.1. Do not use ncutil 3.1.2 due to previously mentioned issues on the main BIC home page. Thanks to Y. Flammer for reporting this issue.
- NEW: Under Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher*, can now enable the AirPort network interface enabled by adding "ENABLE_AIRPORT=YES" to the auto-run preferences. *NOTE: This will ONLY work reliably when PSU BIC is running under Mac OS X 10.4.7, with ncutil version 3.1.1 installed, and the restored volume is ALSO at Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher. There was a bug in Apples 10.4.6 networking code that ncutil relies on for the network interface names, so ncutil inherited the bug, and thus PSU BIC as well, when running under 10.4.6. Use Mac OS X 10.4.7 and it should work for you - if not, pleasesend me a bug report with the run log file. As time permits, Ill add a dialog too that prompts for enabling the AirPort card or not, but until then, just specify it in the auto run preferences.
- FIXED: Using new asr syntax of "restore" verb with 10.4.4 at later. Previously, when running PSU BIC 2.6b3 under Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.3 there would be an error during the restore process. Thanks to R. Booz for sending in the run log with this issue, and the Apple asr system engineer J. Kateley for reporting which version of Mac OS X 10.4 (10.4.4 and later!) started to include the restore verb for asr.
- FIXED: More robust blessing of the restored disk as a bootable device for Intel/EFI based Macs.
- NEW: Logging the version of Mac OS X that is installed on the restored drive. This can be useful for debugging issues with ncutil 3 configuring network preferences on a volume that is at a different version than the version of Mac OS X that PSU BIC and ncutil 3 ran under.
- FIXED: Updated some method names to prepare PSU BIC to be ready for compilation under REALbasic 2006 to create a Universal (PPC and Intel Native!) version of PSU BIC, which will be available very soon. This change should not affect anything for this version of BIC.

CloudVPN is a multi-protocol mesh virtual network. Simply - CloudVPN is capable of transporting any reasonable packet protocol, for any application that needs to communicate.
Cloud nodes act as a meshing and transporting layer, and applications connect to them using a gate socket.
Such client applications include:
- Ethernet tunnel, that uses the cloud as one big virtual network, which, given the mesh properties, also proves to be efficient and secure; and gives CloudVPN the "classical VPN function".
- Secure chat client, using the same security adventages.
- Filesharing client (which really proposed itself as a bittorrent alternative)
- Optimized radio-like broadcasting client
- Whatever else you like.

Enhancements
- Full Win32 support was added with the TAP-Win32 package. Massive cleanup was done. The build system was migrated to autotools, which allows easy compiling on many platforms. Some... compilation fixes and one local socket improvement were made

SimpleTeX4ht is a Mac OS X GUI for TeX4ht that converts LATEX files to HTML/XHTML or OpenOffice file format (odt).
TeX4ht is typically run from the UNIX command line by doing something like htlatex filename.
SimpleTeX4ht is a GUI to make TeX4ht friendlier to use.

System requirements:
- TeX4ht

Enhancements
- Non-stop mode is used for the LaTeX compilation and SimpleTeX4ht will try to finish the conversion, regardless of errors.

Floola is a nice free tool designed to manage efficiently your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes) under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation.
Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.
Main features:
- PODCAST SUPPORT
- items are added to iPod sorted by tracknumber
- added compatibility with iTunes 7.1
- rating of songs played on iPod
- slightly faster sync
- .mov files problem
- mac: pressing quit in about window didnt properly quit
- linux: language couldnt be changed in prefs
- last.fm parameter error
- FRENCH translation
- translation werent be loaded correctly
- quit issue in about window
- application would hang under certain situations
- when adding artwork
- issue when adding artwork
- fixed issue with columns not showing up
Enhancements:
- iTunes 7.3 compatibility
- issue with some translations
- bug closing amazon browser in some situations
- issues with searchbox
- dictionary.remove exception when adding items
- artwork database loading bug
- improved podcast compatibility
- artwork rebuild memory problem
- artwork rebuild improvements
- some rare exceptions
- problems copying items from iPod under linux
- create playlist of exported items
- minor other enhancements
- turkish translation
- luxembourgish translation
- issue opening artwork window
- artwork repair issue
- Galician translation added
- current playing item window when minimizing
- current playing track incorrectly truncated
- podcast played bullet bug
- mainwindow X and Y postion are saved
- fixed issues export item list
- fixed issue exporting playlist list
- copy issue under windows
- ghost items when deselecting playlists
- playlist reorder issue
- check updates in podcast window
- saved podcast window size
- iTunes 7.2 compatibility
- mainwindow splitter position
- hide compilation wasnt saved
- bugs with video playback
- AudioTagX.Read error
- fixed problems with amazon browser
- export iPod playlists
- new way to add items to playlists
- search podcasts
- further iTunes 7.2 compatibility
- updated german translation
- support for AACplus files
- updated french translation
- issue copying some files under windows
- mainwindows width and height are now saved

Chiba provides an Java implementation of the W3C XForms standard, thereby delivers generic, XML-based form-processing on any Java-capable platform either client- or serverside.

Main features:
- Advanced UIs
- By bundling the Dojo Toolkit its now possible to use the full set of Dojo controls to build application-like UIs with full AJAX and XForms support without needing to write a single line of script or Java code.
- Styling
- A complete, fine-grained system of CSS classes allows to control the layout and styling of the whole UI. A quick reference card shows all classes available on one sheet.
- minimal-intrusive
- The Chiba architecture is minimal-intrusive. Theres no coding needed to integrate XForms processing into your webapp while still giving you a lot of hooks when tied integration is wanted.
- zero-install
- There are no plugins or other installations needed to use full XForms in your browser today. It will work for the major browsers (IE6.0+, Safari 3.0+, FF 2.0+ and others).
- REST
- As HTTP handling and full XML support are built-in its a matter of minutes to connect a Chiba page to a REST service. XForms is an ideal fit when working with such architectures.
- XRX
- Chiba nicely supports the XForms Rest XQuery (XRX) paradigm. XQueries can directly be used as data and parameterized through your XForms. Chiba nicely integrates with the popular Open Source XML database eXist.
- noscript fallback
- In restricted environments often JavaScript is filtered or prohibited. Chiba forms will continue to work the best way a request/response interface can give you.
- components
- Its easy to integrate new components and enhance the set of available controls. Not only all Dojo controls might be used but additionally any JavaScript can be integrated and used under the package loading system of Dojo thereby getting the advantages of JavaScript compilation, compression and layering of scripts.
- typing, validation and calculation
- Data typing will come to your pages by simple declarations. The full set of XML Schema types plus your own extensions can be used. XForms constraints allow to apply further facets to any data node. Along with the capability to execute calculations in a similar declarative way you never have to worry about invalid data in your backend again.
- declarative application building
- Both XForms and Dojo follow a declarative approach to page building. This is a perfect match - both can co-exist with interference and interact in a controlled manner. No manual scripting will be needed unless you like to write your own components.
- Connectors
- Usually some sort of persistence backend will make your apps powerful and youll need to seemlessly integrate with arbritary datasources. Chiba already supports the most common protocols but can also be easily extended to dock to any datasource. These connectors can be plugged by configuration and can be combined with any other connector in a page.
- Open Source License
- Starting with Chiba Web 3.0.0b1 Chiba will be available under the liberal BSD and Apache 2 licenses. This allows unlimited commercial use. Professional support will be available from the admins of the project.

System requirements:
-

Enhancements
- hiba Web 3 is a new major release of the Chiba server-side XForms implementation, coming with a brand new JavaScript layer, improved XForms 1.1 support, localisation, XPath 2.0 and more.
- Chiba is now using Dojo Toolkit Version 1.2.3 (latest) which vastly exceeds the quality of the UI. The completely rewritten JavaScript layer already comes with compilation and CDN support allowing you to load many parts of the application libs from Google. Dojo components can be seemlessly integrated with XForms processing to add the last missing pieces that make up a full application. - Large parts of the Core processor and the Web layer have been heavily refactored and now provide a cleaner API and simplified parts of the Code. Extensibility of the Java API has been greatly improved. - The CSS system has been reworked for consistency and theres new documentation available.

Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. It smoothly integrates features of object-oriented and functional languages.
Scala is also fully interoperable with Java and it is the successor of Funnel, a language based on join calculus.

Main features:
Scala is object-oriented:
- - Scala is a pure object-oriented language in the sense that every value is an object. Types and behavior of objects are described by classes and traits. Class abstractions are extended by subclassing and a flexible mixin-based composition mechanism as a clean replacement for multiple inheritance.
Scala is functional:
- - Scala is also a functional language in the sense that every function is a value. Scala provides a lightweight syntax for defining anonymous functions, it supports higher-order functions, it allows functions to be nested, and supports currying. Scalas case classes and its built-in support for pattern matching model algebraic types used in many functional programming languages.
- - Furthermore, Scalas notion of pattern matching naturally extends to the processing of XML data with the help of right-ignoring sequence patterns. In this context, sequence comprehensions are useful for formulating queries. These features make Scala ideal for developing applications like web services (external link).
Scala is statically typed:
- Scala is equipped with an expressive type system that enforces statically that abstractions are used in a safe and coherent manner. In particular, the type system supports:
- - generic classes,
- - variance annotations,
- - upper and lower type bounds,
- - inner classes and abstract types as object members,
- - compound types,
- - explicitly typed self references,
- - views, and
- - polymorphic methods.
- - A local type inference mechanism takes care that the user is not required to annotate the program with redundant type information. In combination, these features provide a powerful basis for the safe reuse of programming abstractions and for the type-safe extension of software.
Scala is extensible:
- The design of Scala acknowledges the fact that in practice, the development of domain-specific applications often requires domain-specific language extensions. Scala provides a unique combination of language mechanisms that make it easy to smoothly add new language constructs in form of libraries:
- - any method may be used as an infix or postfix operator, and
- - closures are constructed automatically depending on the expected type (target typing).
- - A joint use of both features facilitates the definition of new statements without extending the syntax and without using macro-like meta-programming facilities.
- - Scala is designed to interoperate well with popular programming environments like the Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) and the .NET Framework (CLR). In particular, the interaction with mainstream object-oriented languages like Java and C# is as smooth as possible. Scala has the same compilation model (separate compilation, dynamic class loading) like Java and C# and allows access to thousands of high-quality libraries.

System requirements:
-

Enhancements
- This was a maintenance release that fixed a few bugs in the Actors library; no language changes were introduced.