Device programming with MIDP, Part 2
Use these user-interface and data-store components to create MIDP-based applications Part 1 of this series was focused on the deployment of the J2MEWTK environment and a rudimentary exploration of the MIDP APIs. This part of the series will focus on…
Java Product News (March 9, 2001)
Sun and Openwave team up to simplify mobile device development A strategic agreement between Sun Microsystems and Openwave Systems includes technology alignment initiatives designed to accelerate the delivery of end-to-end mobile Internet services solutions. The agreement is intended to help…
Java moves trading into the wireless age
Vendors partner up to put Java’s portability and usability to work in mobile trading Although Java-based technologies play key roles in the infrastructures of many institutional securities trading systems, they will become increasingly important for a variety of wireless, mobile…
Streamline app dev aptly with a single tool
Together Control Center 4.2 improves workflow, allowing development teams to focus on the big picture In today’s ultrafast-paced business world, companies need quick and productive turnaround from their programmers. The tools programmers use, the languages with which they code, and…
J2ME: The next major games platform?
Is J2ME feasible as a high-end games platform for mobile devices? Do you think that Java has become a little staid and unexciting? As a language matures and your experience with it grows, does it not naturally become less interesting?…
Browse user interfaces for Jini services
Build a JFC-based application for browsing and launching Jini services In October 1999, JavaWorld columnist Bill Venners first introduced readers to a working draft of the ServiceUI specification for attaching user interfaces to Jini services. In the year and a…
XML messaging, Part 1
Write a simple XML message broker for custom XML messages XML messaging represents a rapidly growing, dynamic area of IT, a situation that makes it exciting and tiresome at the same time. As B2B exchanges and other forms of inter-business…
What makes a good Java Website?
How are Java community sites helping you today? In mid- to late 1995, during the JDK 1.0 alpha and beta days, any Website that had anything to do with Java was well known to most Java developers. There were, of…
Study guide: The ins and outs of standard input/output
Brush up on Java terms, learn tips and cautions, review homework assignments, and read Jeff’s answers to student questions Glossary of terms standard error device That part of the operating system that controls where a program sends error messages. standard…
Java 101: The ins and outs of standard input/output
Learn the basics of standard input, standard output, and standard error In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read(). It turns…
