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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Java ME tips from the coach
TomSoft has posted a few tips on J2me mobile development practices, going through what features in Java and the development tool should be used when developing for mobile phones. To sum it up: Don't make it more complicated than needed, due to memory and performance constraints. Be practical, not academic.
Some tips of my own:
I'm more in favor of dynamic handling of lacking features than building different versions of the application for every detail difference, but if you can manage 10s of versions, then go ahead.
I also build reusable classes for phone features, so that I can quickly build new applications based on such functionality blocks.
If I can get away with building an application for MIDP1 I use that to gain increased compatibility.
Some tips of my own:
I'm more in favor of dynamic handling of lacking features than building different versions of the application for every detail difference, but if you can manage 10s of versions, then go ahead.
I also build reusable classes for phone features, so that I can quickly build new applications based on such functionality blocks.
If I can get away with building an application for MIDP1 I use that to gain increased compatibility.
