J2ME Development

Conrad11 · 16 Apr 2008 at 13:38

Hi there,

I would try and develop some applications in J2ME for mobile phones to communication with other bluetooth devices (but obviously i will have to develop some simpler stuff first)

I have never done anything like this and am unfamiliar with the syntax and the IDEs.

So what IDE do you suggest? And do you have any good tutorials for doing things like simply hello world apps etc....

Thanks.

retrac2k · 16 Apr 2008 at 15:55

I had to use this for a second year uni project... bought a book:

Beginning J2ME - Li & Knudson
Amazon

It's pretty good, as it tells you loads about the platform before you properly get stuck in. Has lots of good tutorials and things in it.

Although, I didn't really end up doing any coding in it, as someone else in my group decided that they wanted to do it instead!

Dfhaii · 16 Apr 2008 at 17:43

Yeah, I used this for a 2nd year project at Durham too. It's pretty much java but with a slightly restricted API, so if you know java you're good to go, if not java is easy enough to learn.

As for an IDE I'd thoroughly recommend netbeans, it's free, easy to use, and there is a plug in for it to emulate a cellphone.

Conrad11 · 16 Apr 2008 at 17:54

Dfhaii said:
Yeah, I used this for a 2nd year project at Durham too. It's pretty much java but with a slightly restricted API, so if you know java you're good to go, if not java is easy enough to learn.

As for an IDE I'd thoroughly recommend netbeans, it's free, easy to use, and there is a plug in for it to emulate a cellphone.

Closest thing to java i know would be c#.

I have read they are similar, but i am sure there will be some subtle differences.

I will try netbeans - thanks.

----- Thanks for the book recommendation too, but I don't like buying books for this sort of thing when there is bound to be something just as good on the internet - just didn't want to look myself