How to start on j2me

[John Stern]

Hi:
I hava some experience on j2ee and j2se before, but not at all in j2me. I hope to know how can I get started on j2me? any good books? is there scjp equivalent in j2me? any vendor cert?
Thanks!
Java Steve
[ February 02, 2004: Message edited by: Java Steve ]

[Lasse Koskela]

Hello Steve and welcome to the JavaRanch.
First things first, may I ask you to take another look at the naming policy and adjust your display name accordingly.
Regarding your questions...
The best way to start is a combination of a book and a habit of following related discussion forums such as this one, forum.nokia.com, MicroDevNet, and Sun J2ME forums.
There is no certification yet, but Sun has SCMAD beta starting in a couple of days.

[Ould Nadif]

Hi,
Here a web site of sun.
http://java.sun.com/j2me/index.jsp
I think it can help you.
OULD

[John Stern]

Thanks!
i am also wondering what is the job opening distribution among different java fields: j2se, j2ee, j2me,... maybe it is hard to categorize jobs this way. but i got a feeling, j2me seems to be hot in the future.
[ February 03, 2004: Message edited by: John Steve ]

[Lasse Koskela]

I've also heard of similar predictions about J2ME being the skill to have. On the other hand, being a relatively simple toolkit in the GUI sense, MIDP applications are a prime target for heavy tool automation. What does Michael think about this?

[Ben Hui]

Hi, may I suggest you to take a look at www.benhui.net?
it is a mobile developer resources portal that has lots of J2ME links, bluetooth code, and java phone review. It is recently updated with lots of new content.
Cheers,
Ben

[sandy km]

your web site is good and informative.
would you know of some affordable devices to test out applications ? specially j2me enable phones. the sony ericsson P900 is way too expensive...
thanks

Originally posted by Ben Hui:
Hi, may I suggest you to take a look at www.benhui.net?
it is a mobile developer resources portal that has lots of J2ME links, bluetooth code, and java phone review. It is recently updated with lots of new content.
Cheers,
Ben