Just how portable is Java?

[jiraiya]

Hi all,

I'm working on a project in Java that involves developing a GUI that can, among other things, receive user input from the keyboard, receive and store handwritten input (characters/words) done with a mouse, and display png images.

Eventually the program will be used on a linux environment, but I am wondering if it is possible/wise/advisable to develop it in a Windows environment.

I've experience problems doing this in C in the past, but I've heard a lot about the portability of Java and so any advice here would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

[masijade]

As long as you're not doing any Runtime.exec type stuff you shouldn't have any problems. You will want to test it, first, though.

[jwenting]

and no stupid things like hardcoding operating system specific file locations :)