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Title: Wireless Java : Developing with Java 2, Micro Edition by Jonathan Knudsen ISBN: 1-893115-50-X Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A book that is superior
Comment: This is pretty close to the best book I have ever read on Wireless JAVA. Easy to read. Some of the code is a little tricky to follow. Good code to learn. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn Wireless JAVA. I really enjoyed reading this book. A very good investment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb, just excellent
Comment: This book is excellent. I wish many more books were like this one. I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book. There are just too many books out there that are just flashy, bulky, in-your-face, and just bloated with fluff. Not this book.
First of all, this book assumes that you know Java. That is rule 1 that many books fail to observe. This book is about wireless Java so it does not waste space teaching you Java. If you want to learn Java, you'll read a book that is written specifically for that - and you'll likely find a great one too. So why redo it in a way that will suffer anyway?
Second, this book gives you useful information, and only useful information. No space is wasted. Every chapter is concise, to the point, and specific. I've never read a book with such a high percentage of useful information. I'll gladly pay about the same price for a 200-page book with 190 useful pages instead of a 1000-page book with 90 useful pages. The presentation is clean, clear, and consistent.
Third, well, the topic is wireless Java, so I'll also tell you that I picked up this book knowing Java but not J2ME, and after reading it I know everything I need to know to writing Java programs using J2ME. I've looked at all the Java wireless books and I truly believe that this is the best one. You'll learn about how J2ME is partitioned, how MIDP fits into CLDC, what parts of J2SE are included and left out, how to write MIDlets and user interfaces, how to work with persistent storage (micro-databases), networking, performance optimization, XML, and security.
The author and his team (because a book does not come to exist by only one person) should be applauded for boldly going against the trend of selling books by weight.
One last note: this is the ONLY book for which I thought even the appendix was useful!
Enjoy it and enjoy trying out J2ME.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent intro to a new technology
Comment: The latest revolution in Java (the micro revolution) has begun within the release of J2ME. However, the revolution has just started and most of the specification is still being defined within the Java Community Process. The one part of J2ME that is available to developers is the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), the specification for devices such as pagers, mobile phones, and small PDAs. This is the focus of this excellent book by Jonathan Knudsen. After a brief history of J2ME, the author introduces us to MIDlets, which are the applets of Mobile Information Devices. Comparing J2ME with J2SE, the author shows us how to leverage our Java skills to make coding for MIDP devices a breeze. Each step of the way, the author uses working code examples to demonstrate the capabilities of MIDlets. Starting with developing forms, the author explains how to interact with the user and code event handlers. He then demonstrates how to interact with servlets over the Internet using HTTP. Maintaining persistent storage, handling cookies, and programming a game interface are all demonstrated. Performance tuning, which is a critical issue on MIDP devices, is discussed. As long as we are going to be on the cutting edge, a chapter on XML is included. Security and cryptography are critical issues on MIDP devices. Knudsen is the author of "Java Cryptography" and as expected he does an excellent job with these topics. All of this information is well covered in a concise 175 pages. (...)
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Wireless Java with J2ME in 21 Days by Michael Morrison ISBN: 0672321424 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 27 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Programming Wireless Devices with the Java(TM) 2 Platform (Micro Edition) by Roger Riggs, Antero Taivalsaari, Mark VandenBrink ISBN: 0201746271 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Wireless Java Programming with J2ME by Yu Feng, Jun Zhu ISBN: 0672321351 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 21 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Learning Wireless Java by Qusay Mahmoud ISBN: 0596002432 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: MIDP 2.0 Style Guide for the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition by Cynthia Bloch, Annette Wagner ISBN: 0321198018 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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