J2ME: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

James Keogh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0072227109 | ISBN-13: 978-0072227109

J2ME allows developers to use Java and the J2ME wireless toolkit to create applications and programs for wireless and mobile devices. This is the most comprehensive resource for Java developers seeking to understand and utilise J2ME when building mobile applications and services. - Understand the core fundamentals of J2ME - Discover what makes J2ME unique with coverage on advanced topics like Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) and Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) - Comprehend how to build robust mobile applications with examples on J2ME supported software development kits, databases, web services, and more - Learn from other people's mistakes with coverage on J2ME Best Practices and security

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From the Back Cover

The Most Comprehensive J2ME Resource Available!

Java developers, here's your chance to survey the scope of J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) knowledge in one solidly written reference. Discover the basic architecture and functionality of J2ME and how it differs from J2SE and J2EE. Build a J2ME database with coverage of essentials such as commands, items, event processing, and low- and high-level display interfaces. Learn the advanced aspects of mobile development--plus, get in-depth coverage of security, Web services, information management, and storage. Whatever your experience level, J2ME: The Complete Reference is your essential one-stop resource for understanding and utilizing J2ME to build mobile applications and services.

• Understand the organization, configurations, and profiles of J2ME, including the new PIM API
• Review small computing technology, including wireless, mobile radio networks, PDAs, and more
• Navigate J2ME architecture and the development environment
• Limit memory use, simplify user interface, minimize network traffic, and use best practices
• Write, record, sort, read, search, and store records
• Manage data and understand database concepts
• Anticipate mobile application uses for Web services, information management, and other key functions
• Work with HTTP connections, and networking and Web services

About the Author

James Keogh (New York, NY) is a faculty member of Columbia University where teaches a breadth of computer science courses in their CTA program. Keogh developed the Electronic Commerce track for Columbia University and was the first person to chair the track.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (February 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072227109
• ISBN-13: 978-0072227109
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,476,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should be renamed --MIDP and JDBC :The Complete Reference, December 23, 2004

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This review is from: J2ME: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

This book should be retitled as MIDPand JDBC:The complete reference. It is in NO way a complete reference for J2ME.

If you are looking a book on using the MIDP profile, this is as comprehensive as a book can get.It has complete code listings to explain each concept and has extensive coverage of the MIDP API's.

J2ME also consists of CDC profile that is used to write J2ME applications for wireless devices that are NOT memory constrained. When one clainms that they are creating a complete reference for J2ME, they cannot leave out CDC. This book does not even devote 1 chapter to explain CDC which is such a crucial part of J2ME. Instead the author wastes space and piles on chapters by explaining JDBC and web services.

Buy this book if you want to learn only MIDP, else this one is not for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is rough one... here goes., October 15, 2005

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This review is from: J2ME: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

You have to be REALLY desperate for a J2ME book to think that this will end all your J2ME problems!
I have read this book thru and thru, and I had found it useful for the ultimate beginnner style of J2ME,but I could've pulled this info from the web. Often while reading it, I did have to consult the web a number of times, and still got a bunch of dead ends-
This book was not ALL bad, but the other reviews mention a embedded database usage that is out of date. No kiddin there! I was shocked to think that this was only as far as the technology had come, there had to be a better light!
If you want the ultimate intro guide to J2ME programming, and a lite to minimal amount of practice with few technologies that even in service anymore, anchors away! But again if you think that you need something more than a bouncing ball on the screen and out of date embed-able programs then head on to deeper waters.
Hope this helps

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Multiple Errors, wasted space and no help from the publisher, November 3, 2004

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Roguen "El Gran Roguismo" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: J2ME: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

Skip the first 50 pages, they have just about nothing to do with the rest of the book. I want to know about J2ME, not about satallites orbiting the earth.
There were several small errors throughout, source code missing things here and there. But as I got deeper into the book I didn't know enough about the language to correct the errors. That's what I purchased the book for.
Instead I went to Osborne's website where they have the source code for the book (with errors intact) but otherwise don't acknowledge that the book exists. It would have been nice to have an "updates" section where a couple of the errors were corrected. At least run the source code before you put it in the book. I'm pretty disappointed.