How to develop in Java on Mac with OSX Lion

Question

Im a new Java developer and was thinking about getting a Mac. But I heard that OSX Lion does not support Java. Does that mean that I cannot develop Java on a Mac? Or that I

Answer 1

All the 'lack of Java support' means is that Lion doesn't install a JVM. But when you need it, the JVM gets installed.

I've just installed Lion and at the first reboot was prompted to install the JVM.