March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
482 pages
11h 41m
English
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About This Book
In 2001, Symbian published its first book devoted to Java on Symbian OS. Jonathan Allin's Wireless Java for Symbian Devices provided an in-depth exposition targeted at programming PersonalJava on Symbian OS. In 2004, Martin de Jode's Programming Java 2 Micro Edition on Symbian OS focused on programming MIDP, particularly MIDP 2.0 on Symbian OS. This book is the third in the series and there is no longer a need to explain what Java is. Therefore, the primary goal of this book is not to teach Java programming but to introduce you specifically to Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) on Symbian OS.
This book covers various topics from different perspectives. Our approach has been to start with the basics and prerequisites that are assumed in the rest of the book, then zoom into Java ME on Symbian OS specifically and then out again to discuss a few key areas of Java ME development today. We finish the book by delving deep down to expose what's happening'under the hood'.
The book logically divides into four main parts:
Introduction to Java ME and programming fundamentals
In Chapter 1, we describe the playground of Java ME on Symbian OS. It is recommended reading if you are not familiar with Java ME, Symbian OS or the smartphone industry. Chapter 2 is targeted at developers with no experience in Java ME. It sets the baseline information that is a prerequisite for reading the rest of the book, which assumes a certain level of knowledge of Java programming and, specifically, ...
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