Hi,
Im new to java, and only starting to get into it. I hope someone can help
me. Im a c++ programmer, and looked at some of the code, and doesnt seem to
hard to get into the programming side itself.
I want to develop applications for mobile phones, and have looked into the
java.com web site. I noticed there are massives amount of information (which
is great), and development tools too.
I noticed they had an IDE for mobile environment, and also a Nokia emulator
to try it on.
1. Is the IDE enough to produce good professional code for mobile phones?
Will I need anything else to develop the code?
2. If it works on the Nokia emulator, will it work on thers that have Java?
Excuse the questions, but when there is so much information, I dont know
which is the best development IDE to go with. I dont want to spend vasts
amount of money to get up and going. And as the above are free, then great
(but are they good enough).
Cheers
Neil
Andraz Skoric - 22 Aug 2003 08:15 GMT
> Hi,
> Im new to java, and only starting to get into it. I hope someone can help
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> Cheers
> Neil
1. Yes
2. It will work on Nokia GSMs for sure, but for other brandnames check
their web sites for SDKs.
3. If it is free doesn't mean it's no good.
Roedy Green - 22 Aug 2003 09:19 GMT
>3. If it is free doesn't mean it's no good.
Smart Cellphone manufacturers make money selling phones. The more
programs are available, the more likely people are to buy phones.
They want those development tools as widely used as possible.
I remember in the early days of the Mac how Apple would bend over
backwards to encourage developers with free support and tools and even
hardware.
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Neil Devlin - 22 Aug 2003 13:55 GMT
As I am just starting out writing in Java, I am starting of with applets and
applications. As I plan to go into mobile software, is it still applets and
applications?
Neil
Andraz Skoric - 25 Aug 2003 09:16 GMT
> As I am just starting out writing in Java, I am starting of with applets and
> applications. As I plan to go into mobile software, is it still applets and
> applications?
>
> Neil
kind of... programs for wireless devices are called midlets.