Nostalgia Hits With J2ME Development
Way back in 2003 I got my first cell phone. A Sony Ericsson K700i. It was a cool device that I could do a lot with. But the reason I got it instead of something else was because of J2ME development. It had a lot going that it could do that I wanted to be a part of. Mainly gaming! It was relatively easy for me to get into. Download the Sun Toolkit then compile a .java file into a .jar and instant app on a phone emulator. The file sizes and dependencies were small which made things a low barrier of entry. Such a simpler time. So I decided to see how J2ME apps were holding up lately. J2ME emulators on android devices seem to be available and whole websites to download apps and games. But what about development? Not too much has changed. Looks like Sun changed the name from J2ME to Java ME. The SDK upgraded to 3.0. But there hasn't been much in JSR updates. A few came out in the last 10 years but these are updates to security, communications, and a few multimedia options. I wanted to t...