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2006 by IBM; made available under the EPL v1.0 | 22 March 2006 |

Kevin HorowitzIBM LotusBoca Raton, FL

Taking it on the road Developer tools for J2ME


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What is this presentation about?

What is the J2ME environment?What is the MTJ Project?What are the plans?What is out there already?

How is MTJ developing to meet the need?Where can I get it and how can I help?


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Why do I need something different for Mobile Devices?

Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) is the programmingmodel introduced to standardize programming for embeddeddevicesSpecifications are designed as part of the Java Community

Process (JCP)J2ME is a family of specifications, designed as a series of layered APIs

Configuration

Profiles

Optional APIs

JVM

ConfigurationProfile

Optional APIs


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J2ME Considerations

J2ME Build considerationsCode size

Performance optimization

Device variancesObfuscation

Signing tools

Special packaging requirementsTest Environment

Emulators and simulators

Device connectionsJVM


Optional APIs


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J2ME Considerations cont.

Remote execution environmentRemote debugging

DeploymentRuntime deployment

Execution code deployment

Connection environments

NetworkDirect connects (USB, serial, etc)

Over the air (OTA)

JVM


Optional APIs


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First Release

Create a platform that vendors can extend for their devicesDevice and Emulator framework

Manage mobile runtimesDebugging

Deployment frameworkDevelop methods for transfer to devices or emulatorsProvide a framework for vendor specific deployment needs

Build framework

Build considerations based on J2ME needsApplication creationUI Design tools


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Next Steps

Visual EditingScreen flow tool for J2ME developmentTools to help developers manage device fragmentationLocalization Support


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1.1

1.0

Roadmap 20061Q06 2Q06 3Q06 4Q06 1Q07

Project building

Runtime management

Deployment to devices and emulators

Obfuscation

Signing

First generation UI builders (optional)

Frameworks

Runtime management

Building

Deployment

Features to device fragmentation

Visual Builders + Screen flow builders

Support for localization


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Who are we?

NokiaIBMCraig Setera, EclipseMESonyEricsson

Apogee SoftwareShareME Technologies LLCSybaseWirelexsoft

Initial Contributors


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What is out there already?

Eclipse Based ToolsetsIBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer

Nokia Developers Suite for J2ME

EclipseMEOther SDKs that extend these or existing functionality

Non-Eclipse Based ToolsetsNetBeans

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit

Borland jBuilder Mobile Edition

Other SDKs


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Nokia Developers Suite for J2ME

Development environment utilizing Nokia SDKsProvides a base for development of MIDP 1.0/2.0 and PersonalProfile 1.0 profilesAvailable for many IDEs on the market including

Eclipse 3.0WebSphere Studio Device Developer

Borland Jbuilder

NetBeans

Sun Java Studio MobilityNokia is leading the MTJ Project


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IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer

Eclipse based (2.1) Tools to help develop J2ME applications using IBM J9 (2.2)Provides a base for development of a variety of J2ME Configurations, Profiles, and OptionalAPIsFeatures

Extensible framework to allow the addition of vendor SDKsDeployment framework to communicate and deploy to devicesLocal emulator execution controls

Remote device execution controlsLocal and remote debugging supportMIDP Editors

MIDP Visual Editor JAD Editor

Support for building JXE objectsExtended by IBM and other vendors to provide additional profiles and deploymentenvironmentsMicroEnvironment Toolkit for WebSphere Studio for OSGi-based development

IBM and the WebSphere Studio Device Developer team are contributing to MTJ


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EclipseME

Eclipse based (3.1) tools for developing MIDP 1.0/2.0 applications usinga variety of runtime SDKsSupports a variety of vendor SDKs as well as the ability to configure anunknown SDKEclipseME developers are fully involved in helping to define MTJ designand architecture

EclipseME development will continue for a period of time, while MTJ projectis startingEclipseME and MTJ have a very similar set of goalsEclipseME developers are representing EclipseME users to the MTJ projectEclipseME project will offer code of interest to the MTJ projectIn the future, EclipseME will move toward MTJEclipseME will provide migration support to an MTJ baseEclipseME may become an extension of MTJ or may become obsolete


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NetBeans with NetBeans Mobility Pack

NetBeans community IDE with modules to support MIDPdevelopmentSupport for MIDP 2.0 DevelopmentMobility Pack features

Emulator execution as well as support for adding third-partyemulators

Drag-and-drop objects in Flow Designer, Screen Designer, andAction Editor

Deployment

Support for obfuscation and optimization

Fragmentation support


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Sun Java Wireless Toolkit

Based on MIDP 2.0Supports a variety of Configurations, Profiles, and Optional APIsFeatures

Source Code Editor

Project Building/Packaging

Emulator Execution

Execution Profiler


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Other SDKs

Developed to run standalone for a particular vendor Developed to extend an existing IDEMany of the SDKs will work either standalone or one or moreexisting IDEs


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What is the design?

Top-level framework using EMFMTJ Framework Plug-in Extension Points

Device Management

GUI Builder Management

Build ManagementSecurity Management

Deployment ManagementEclipse-dependent Plug-in Extension Points

Extension points which depend on Eclipse functionality to workStandalone Plug-in Extension Points

Extension points that will provide functionality that will work inEclipse, but they are not dependant on Eclipse functionality


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Where can I see the code?


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What are the project artifacts?


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Where can I get more information?

Eclipse Proposalhttp://www.eclipse.org/proposals/mtj/

Wikihttp://eclipsewiki.editme.com/MTJGroup

Newsgroup Discussionnews://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.dsdp.mtj

https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/dsdp-mtj-devdsp-mtj-dev mail list

Bi-Weekly Status CallsNext call 5 April 2006

Phone Time: 9 am EDTNumber: +1-517-386-9625Passcode: 6040654
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