J2ME Mobile Application Development

Author: Michael Juntao Yuan (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: J2ME provides an extremely flexible and robust platform for developing mobile applications with enterprise-level performance, reliability, and value. This book covers all aspects of building enterprise-level applications with J2ME: design, architecture, tools, processes, business issues, and more. It introduces innovations that enhance the platform's capabilities, from new J2ME profiles and wireless messaging APIs to mobile databases and Web service tools. These innovations enable existing Java developers (especially J2EE developers) to leverage their skills and add mobility to enterprise applications. The book also showcases more than 10 complete sample applications, including those that won awards in the Nextel, Sun, and Motorola U.S. wireless developer competitions by the book's authors.
Main Content:
- Patterns and best practices for building end-to-end mobile applications
- Emerging mobile "killer apps" that drive productivity and cost savings
- "Smart client" applications: Architecture and design
- Advanced HTTP techniques for authentication and session tracking
- Overcoming hardware and network limitations
- Cutting-edge mobile enterprise messaging technologies
- Mobile databases and synchronization engines
- XML and mobile Web services, including the J2ME Web Services Optional Package
- New choices for enterprise-level mobile security
This book is suitable for all mobile software developers, architects, and enterprise decision-makers.