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

The latter. Java is not included anymore by default in Mac Os X 10.7 Lion.

You can still install it using the Software update program. It also downloads Java automatically in a variety of scenario's (though I don't know which)