Wireless Programming with J2ME: Cracking the Code (With CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Dreamtech Software Team (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764548859 | ISBN-13: 978-0764548857 | Publication Date: December 15, 2001

Part of the new Cracking the Code Series, Wireless Programming with J2ME provides a look at the code behind wireless Java applications.

Think of J2ME as a tiny version of Java specifically for mobile devices -- perfect for bringing powerful, robust applications to mobile phone, pagers, PDAs, and other handhelds. Writing applications for handheld and mobile devices is different than regular Java programming. Mobile developers have to deal with limited screen real estate, bandwidth and computing power. This book covers six wireless applications complete with Flow Diagrams and line-by-line code description. It covers all of J2ME including CDC,CLDC and MIDP with an emphasis on practical code.

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From the Back Cover

Cracking the Code(TM) Wireless Programming with J2ME(TM) Create Tomorrow's Mobile Applications Today In this unique guide, a crack team of software engineers delivers the programming solutions and source code you need to jump-start a wide range of mobile application projects with Java 2 Micro Edition. Using flow charts and line-by-line analysis of six professional-quality applications, they show you how to solve for typical J2ME programming challenges - and create your own applications using CLDC, MIDP, XML, and other cutting-edge technologies. Take an In-Depth Look at 6 Professional-Grade Mobile Applications
* Online testing engine for Palm OS devices
* Online ordering system for cell phones and pagers
* MP3 player for Pocket PCs
* Peer-to-peer search application for Palm OS devices
* Mobile Web services (weather, movie ticket ordering, news) for cell phones
* Target practice game for Palm OS devices
* Plus CLDC implementation, MIDP-MIDlet implementation, and XML parsing case studies and guidance on converting existing applications into J2ME
All software tested at the Dreamtech Software Research Lab CD-ROM Includes: 6 professional-quality applications and 3 topical case studies, complete with over 5,700 lines of source code Java 2 Software Development Kit Standard Edition version 1.3 for Windows Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Wireless Toolkit 1.0.1 Forte for Java, release 2.0, Community Edition for All Platforms Tomcat JavaServer Pages Implementation Server and kXML www.hungryminds.com

About the Author

Dreamtech Software India, Inc., is a leading provider of corporate software solutions. Based in New Delhi, India, the Dreamtech software team has more than 50 years of combined software engineering experience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764548859
• ISBN-13: 978-0764548857
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,618,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont Buy it, August 30, 2003

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John (Dublin Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless Programming with J2ME: Cracking the Code (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Please dont buy this book.I spent a long time trying to make one of its projects work.The author is not at all clear about what they want to say.one of the worst books on the matket.please dont buy this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Some good descriptions but confusing overall, April 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Wireless Programming with J2ME: Cracking the Code (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Some of the examples in the book are pretty good but for the most part it jumps from subject to subject. Definately not good for beginners and an experienced J2ME programmer would probably find this book to be way off track.