J2ME and Eclipse

Hi everyone,

I am a new bie.. I have eclipse with eclipse ME plugin.. I just wanted to know wht else is needed to install to start working on J2ME.. i heard wireless tool kit is to be installed if so which one.. and plz let me know if there is any additional things needed to install..

Thank you
Regards

This is a really good resource for configuring your Eclipse IDE with everything you'll need:

http://eclipseme.org/docs/installation.html

Read through their links, and you should be fine. Good luck.

Hi,

First of all thanks a lot for your reply.. ya that document does gives me a proper info about the installation. Actually i had gone through it before only.. but my prob is it says install any of the wireless toolkit.. so i was wondering which toolkit to install..I would be working on the nokia S60 series mobile.. so i also have that nokia sdk.. i just wanted to know if i have to use any other wirelesstoolkit.. like sun wireless tool kit or some thing like that..

please let me know at the earliest
thank you
Regards

If you will be developing for multiple phones, i.e. Sprint, Cingular, etc., I'd say to simply use the latest wireless toolkit. I currently use version 2.2.

However, if you want to exploit particular phone features in your midlet, you'll want to use the toolkit from that particular service provider. For instance, Sprint has a developer's network and their own emulator. This emulator help's you test Sprint phone specific features. The Blackberry has a similar emulator.

I hope this answers your question. In the end, I'd recommend the J2ME Wireless Toolkit, since, for the most part, anything that can be compiled and lauched from there is safe.

Personally, I've run into little quirks for certain J2ME APIs for different phones that no toolkit will help you catch, without the manufacturer's manual for that particular phone.