Sams teach yourself wireless Java with J2ME in 21 days

✍ Scribed by Michael Morrison

• Publisher: Sams
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 568
• Series: Teach Yourself
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sams Teach Yourself Wireless Java with J2ME in 21 Days begins by establishing the basic parameters of J2ME development and its uses in building wireless applications. The tutorial chapters introduce both text and graphical application development for typical wireless devices. Finally, the book presents the major types of applications that the wireless developer will build-information management, communications, games, etc. The book also introduces the basic concepts of networking wireless devices through Java.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Introduction......Page 20
PART I Getting Started with J2ME and MIDP......Page 26
DAY 1 Java 2 Micro Edition: The Big Picture......Page 28
DAY 2 Assembling a J2ME Development Kit......Page 44
DAY 3 Getting to Know the J2ME Emulator......Page 60
DAY 4 Building Your First MIDlet......Page 82
DAY 5 Working within the CLDC and MIDP APIs......Page 104
DAY 6 Creating Custom Device Profiles......Page 124
PART II Digging Deeper into MIDIet Development......Page 144
DAY 7 Building Graphical MIDlets......Page 146
DAY 8 Making the Most of MIDlet GUIs......Page 170
DAY 9 Exploring MIDlet I/O and Networking......Page 208
DAY 10 Being Your Own Wireless Meteorologist......Page 232
DAY 11 Wireless Navigation......Page 256
DAY 12 Optimizing MIDlet Code......Page 284
PART III Wireless Information Management with MIDIets......Page 298
DAY 13 Using the MIDP Record Management System (RMS)......Page 300
reading here......Page 301
DAY 14 Staying in Touch with Your Contacts......Page 330
DAY 15 Managing Your Finances......Page 358
DAY 16 Bidding on the Go......Page 392
PART IV Entertainment without the Wires......Page 420
DAY 17 Creating Animated MIDlets......Page 422
DAY 18 An Ode to Pong: Creating MIDlet Games......Page 456
DAY 19 The Next Level of MIDlet Gaming......Page 480
PART V Exploring J2ME Wireless Technologies......Page 510
DAY 20 A J2ME Wireless Tour......Page 512
DAY 21 The Future of J2ME......Page 528
PART VI Appendixes......Page 540
APPENDIX A Quiz Answers......Page 542
APPENDIX B Whats on the CD-ROM......Page 550
INDEX......Page 554