Wireless J2ME Platform Programming [Paperback]

Vartan Piroumian (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130449148 | ISBN-13: 978-0130449146 | Publication Date: March 25, 2002 | Edition: 1st

This is a step-by-step guide to successful wireless application design and development with Sun's Java 2 Micro Edition platform. Authored by one of Sun's leading wireless application consultants, it covers every key feature of the J2ME platform, and every step of the process -- from architecture through deployment. Piroumian begins by introducing the J2ME computing platform, key terminology, basic concepts, and application development process. Next, you'll walk through creating, compiling, preparing, executing, and debugging J2ME applications. One step at a time, you'll master J2ME MIDP platform's high-level and low-level APIs, user interface components, persistent storage mechanisms, and services for networking and distributed processing. The book teaches how to build applications from the ground up, using running examples. All topics are introduced in a logical order where each concept builds upon the ones that precede it. Piroumian also covers architecture and its impact on the developer; and introduces key elements of a complete wireless solution, including gateways, Internet portal interfaces, and wireless application interfaces.

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From the Back Cover

The authoritative tutorial for wireless J2ME application developers.

• The essential tutorial for every J2ME platform developer: no wireless experience necessary
• Complete coverage of architecture, design, coding, debugging, and deployment
• Advanced topics include-persistent storage, networking, distributed processing, and internationalization
• The J2ME platform: key terminology, concepts, and application development processes

The Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) platform gives developers breakthrough tools for building advanced wireless applications. Now, one of the leading wireless application consultants at Sun has written a step-by-step guide to successful wireless development using the J2ME SDK. Vartan Piroumian illuminates every key feature of the J2ME platform and every step of the development process: planning, architecture, design, coding, compilation, execution, debugging, and deployment. Wireless J2ME Platform Programming covers all this, and more:

• Using the Mobile Information Device Profile's (MIDP) high-level and low-level APIs
• Building effective wireless user interfaces with the J2ME platform
• Leveraging the J2ME platform's facilities for persistent storage
• Managing, provisioning, and internationalizing wireless applications
• Integrating complete wireless solutions: Internet portal interfaces, wireless application interfaces, and the wireless Internet environment

Wireless J2ME Platform Programming: The must-have guide for writing robust, highly usable, cross-platform wireless applications.

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Featured topics include:

• Configurations and profiles
• User interface components
• MIDP high-level & low-level APIs
• MIDP Record Management System (RMS)
• Event Handling
• MIDP Generic Connection Framework
• Application Provisioning systems
• Application Architecture and the Wireless Internet Environment

About the Author

VARTAN PIROUMIAN is currently a Java Architect with the Sun Professional Services Java Center, where he works with some of the world's largest wireless carriers to architect wireless Internet portals and provisioning systems for delivering Java applications to mobile devices. He also teaches professional courses in programming with Java technology, Swing, and object-oriented techniques for the University of California, Santa Cruz, Professional Extension Program. Piroumian is also author of Java GUI Development (Sams).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (March 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130449148
• ISBN-13: 978-0130449146
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,842,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a poorly written book., August 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wireless J2ME Platform Programming (Paperback)

Finally I learn this hard lesson: One who knows something DOES NOT necessarily know how to teach it.

I was attracted by the impressive background of the author, and it's part of SUN's Java series. But I am stunned by the poor quality of the book as a teach-yourself material. Come on, Mr. Piroumian, of course you know this is a book for Java learners, not a RFC, or API specification. But it reads like the latter.

I got my Java Programmer Certificate two years ago and consider myself an experienced Java programmer. But, I couldn't follow the book. It's that a hard and boring read. Those examples are dry, non-intuitive and useless in real world. After finishing the book, I still don't know how to do some quite simple tasks.

Very disappointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sample code examples tough to use, June 6, 2002

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Neil Harman (Roswell, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless J2ME Platform Programming (Paperback)

A good introduction to j2me, but the links to download the code samples don't work, they go to an under construction apge, and no one will reply to emails to say when they will be available.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Tutorial on Wireless J2ME, November 27, 2002

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WB (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless J2ME Platform Programming (Paperback)

I found this book to be an excellent introduction to J2ME wireless development. The author's clear and consise writing style gets the reader up to speed almost immediately with a minimal degree of effort. The fine examples and graphical illustrations couples nicely with the text. I especially found the chapter on Internationalization particularly useful. This is a good book for the beginning wireless developer.