Daniel Rocha's Forum Nokia Blog - Which technology should I use for development? Round 1: Java

Nice

2008-06-02T14:27:04Z

Hey Daniel,

I've written a page on the Wiki for beginner developers named "Getting started on mobile phone development", but it's a bit incomplete.

I think it would be very nice to have there the information you wrote here

Here's the link: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Getting_started_on_mobile_phone_development

Tools are a factor, too

2008-05-29T23:14:57Z

It's not only a question of what you can do with the language. As important question is the usability from developer point of view: what kind IDE there is, how's the documentation, how do you debug, do you have profiler and code scanner, how do you do automated testing etc.

Even though I hate it, also signing process should be considered. Java verified will get more difficult, WRT has the easy way.

Looking forward to next article,

--jouni

2008-05-28T13:19:18Z

Eagerly, awaiting the next post...

2008-05-28T13:11:34Z

Nice post, Daniel. Maybe after you write the whole "series", it can be posted as a sticky thread in the Discussion Boards (probably the General Discussion section).

2008-05-28T12:31:58Z

Ciao,

would it be more appropriate to ask: "what I am trying to achieve and then select the appropriate technology?"

Alessandro

It's a very hot topic

2008-05-28T11:51:36Z

Daniel,

Thanks for writing a series of post about this question, this topic is really worth the attention. Actually I could imagine an ever-expanding set of articles discussing this question, of course, a blog is not really the right means for sharing this information (as opposed to a Wiki, for example).

Furthermore, it would be also important to compare other development environments, tools, etc. than what Nokia currently offers to see how developers do mobile software development for other phones, like Linux phones, Windows Mobile-based ones, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc. I must admit, though, that it would be a very complex analysis and would most probably require joint effort of experts on their own areas (unless you're experienced in all of them:).

2008-05-28T04:17:24Z

It's going to be more interesting when Nokia releases Qt and Silverlight. :)