Appendix A. Basics of J2ME Application Development

This book is focused on mobile application architecture, advanced techniques, and power tools. Our target audience is experienced Java developers with some J2ME skills. However, do not panic if you have not worked with J2ME before! This appendix should get you up to speed quickly. As we discussed in Chapter 2, there are two dominant profiles on the J2ME platform:

  • The PersonalJava and J2ME Personal Profile (PP) run on high-end PDA or set-top box devices. They share the same application structure (e.g., the main() method), standard APIs (e.g., I/O and AWT UI APIs) and development tools as the J2SE platform. Any experienced Java developer should easily get started with the PersonalJava/PP development. ...

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