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Alphane · 2 Mar 2009 at 10:40

Well I've programmed a little python in the past but now want to develop a small project to use on mobile phones, which seems like I'll have to learn a little Java.
It's only a fairly simple GUI attached to a soundbank so shouldn't be too monumental a task but having never used Java or developed for a mobile platform, I was wondering if anyone knew of any of the pitfalls I might encounter, any good source materials for Java, what tools I'll need and generally anything else that might be of interest to a new Java-ite

RobH · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:51

Well it depends, are you going to be developing only for mobile devices or for desktop applications as well? Java for mobile devices is called J2ME so you might be better of looking at reasources aimed specifically at that, although if you're completely new to Java then there are quite a few good resources that will get you up to speed with the language basics.

Alphane · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:53

Well the App is to be purley phone based at the moment, though I may need to look into Web based support for extra data files, personalization, support, community etc.

numnutz · 3 Mar 2009 at 22:38

Hi Mate,

I'm a professional Java Mobile developer, so should know a thing or too. Feel free to ask specifics here.

Easiest way to get started in Java Mobile is to grab a copy of netbeans with the mobility pack, it'll set everything up you need, emulators etc. Quite a good few samples bundled with it to show you coding styles / functions / etc.

Alphane · 4 Mar 2009 at 14:10

numnutz said:
Hi Mate,

I'm a professional Java Mobile developer, so should know a thing or too. Feel free to ask specifics here.

Easiest way to get started in Java Mobile is to grab a copy of netbeans with the mobility pack, it'll set everything up you need, emulators etc. Quite a good few samples bundled with it to show you coding styles / functions / etc.

Chrz mate thanks for the advice.
One of my main concerns about the project at the moment is gonna be the size of my Database (sound bank) was reading a manual the other day is I need to use Au or Wav sound files which could cause some serious bloating, I was hoping to use light Mp3's, so my question is how big a program is comfortabley runnable and could I save seperate sound banks on the phone that can be loaded/unloaded from my main program for the sake of space saving?