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Beginning Java ME Platform (Expert's Voice in Open Source) [Paperback]

Ray Rischpater (Author)
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1430210613 978-1430210610 October 23, 2008 1

Beginning Java ME Platform is one of the first tutorials on Java ME (Micro Edition), which lets readers develop Java applications for Java-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices.

Previous Apress books on Java ME have had a track record of being some of the top one or two best selling Java ME/J2ME books in the top 3,000 in bookscan sales.


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About the Author

Ray Rischpater is the chief architect at Rocket Mobile, Inc., specializing in the design and development of messaging and information access applications for today’s wireless devices. Ray is the author of several books on software development including Software Development for the QUALCOMM BREW Platform, available from Apress, and is an active amateur radio operator. For more info, visit http://www.lothlorien.com/kf6gpe/cv.html.


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  • Paperback: 600 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (October 23, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430210613
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430210610
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal for beginners, March 10, 2009
This review is from: Beginning Java ME Platform (Expert's Voice in Open Source) (Paperback)
Mobile device programming is a fast-growing area of information-technology industry. There are new advanced mobile devices with interesting software platforms lounched every day. They provide a various range of programming languages and rich APIs. We can program in c++, objective-c, python, etc. and use almost every functionality that our phone or smartphone offers. But only one platform is available on almost every phone and will be available for a long time. Only one platform provides us such portability that our software could be used on almost every handset regardless of it's manufacturer. I think that this is a good enough reason for anybody interested in mobile device programming to learn Java ME regardless of how he likes java and how limited and obsolete he thinks the platform is.

"Beginning Java ME Platform" is an ideal position to begin the adventure of programming mobile devices in Java ME. In the first chapters of the book we will find the basic information about the platform and philosophy behind many of it's solutions. Thanks to this the platform will become more friendly and our complains about possible limitations lesser. Later chapters explain how to use our java knowledge to write first applications. And yes, we need to have at least a basic java knowledge to start with the book. The book explains the differences between standard and mobile Java editions from the differences in basic assumptions to quite detailed differences in packages. We will learn how to use almost every API provided by the Java ME platform, including Game API and Wireless Messaging API.

This book is even more than a beginner needs. It is targeted for the beginner but in can be used by more advanced java me programmers as well. If you already had experiences with mobile java you can use this book to verify and complete your knowledge.
The only concern I have with the book are very long code listings, often stretched out to many pages. I agree that thanks to them we can see exactly how the full program is constructed and that it is an excellent feature for beginners in the Java ME world but I think that to understand some issues short and clear snippets would do.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The earlier book by the same title is better, July 20, 2010
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The notes are too brief - not for beginners. The earlier book with the same title is better (although dated). This book would be 5-stars if the author had taken the trouble to go into greater depth on the explanation using tutorial-style writing. Nevertheless, it is the only latest book (as of date of writing) on JME. Since I already have background knowledge in JME I was able to follow along with the summary-style writing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book and Great Service!!, November 6, 2010
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The book arrived ahead of schedule and was in immaculate shape!! Great buy and service!!
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location provider, project configuration, project properties, mobility pack, record enumeration, vector graphics, application descriptor, screen designer, nth datum, push registry, connectionless session service, field datum, player thread, boolean unconditional, private void initialize, accessing web services, open record store, offscreen bitmap, applet model, game canvas, heavyweight components, paint method, method returns instance, canvas instance, paused state
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