Sun J2ME Software Development Kits

This section gives a short overview of the J2ME development tools that are currently available. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, these CLDC and the MIDP SDKs from Sun are used as the reference SDKs for the examples in this book. The Sun SDKs are basis for several IDE add-ins and are available for the widest range of operating systems.

Caution

Although the APIs are standardized, parts of the compilation process may change with newer SDK versions. If you are in doubt or observe problems with the following instructions, please refer to the documentation provided with your SDK.

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