Free java development on mac software for mac

Enhancements:

1. Java SE Development Kit (JDK):
   • For Microsoft Windows, JDK 6 Update 7 is now the minimum supported version of the Java SE Development Kit (JDK). For Apple Macintosh, JDK 5 Update 13 (version 1.5.0_13) is now the minimum supported version of the JDK.
2. Graphics and Animation:
   • Path-based animation (animation of objects around a path)
   • Transition library (list of transitions that enable developers to incorporate effects)
   • Slide
   • Zoom
   • Rotate
   • Image mask
   • Stroke styles (dotted, dashed, and so on)
   • Advanced clip support (clipping along an arbitrary path)
   • Multiline text node
3. Media:
   • Cross-platform Video (On2 Codecs)
   • Cross-platform Audio (MP3)
   • Volume control
   • Track control
   • Native media framework support for the Mac
4. Web Services:
   • HTTP Client API
   • JSON Parser
   • XML parser
5. Language Improvements:
   • New access control mechanisms: public, protected, package, public-init, and public-read
   • Class members can now be defined with accessibility and visibility modifiers to restrict read and write access.
   • The modifiers public, protected, and package are similar to their counterparts in the Java programming language.
   • The modifier public-init defines a variable that can be publicly initialized by object literals in any package.
   • The modifier public-read enables variables to be publicly readable, but writeable only from within the current script.
   • Default visibility changed to script-private, which makes components safer and improves optimization
   • Simplified variable declaration such that all variables are defined with var or def and cannot be redefined
   • Simplified language operators
   • Replaced % with mod
   • Replaced < > with !=
6. Performance Improvements:
   • Reduced use of runtime memory of applications
   • Reduced use of compile-time memory
   • Reduced static footprint of applications
7. Platform, Tools, and JavaFX Reflection APIs:
   • Support for compiling JavaFX applications to both the Java Platform, Standard Edition(SE) and the Java Platform, Micro Edition (ME)
   • Improved code completion and debugging support for integrated development environments (IDEs)
   • Support for the JavaFX Reflection APIs, which enable calling the JavaFX APIs from the Java and JavaScript programming languages

• Processor: Dual-Core Intel, PowerPC G5
• Memory: 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
• Disk space: 256 MB of free disk space
• Java SE Development Kit (JDK): JDK 5 Update 13 (version 1.5.0_13) minimum (Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 or Java for Mac OS X 10.5.4 or later Update 2)