[Year 12 Its] Programming for small devices

[Mills, David J]

For all those teaching Software Development next year - the focus of Unit 3=
 Outcome 2 is to "On completion of this unit the student should be able to p=
roduce a software module suitable for implementation on a portable computing=
 device, in response to a design specification, verify its performance again=
st this specifi cation and explain how the program has taken into account an=
 ethical dilemma or a legal obligation."
 
The new NetBeans 5.5 release has a mobility pack that allows you to develop=
 and test Java applications for mobile devices such as phones and PDAs.  The=
 software created can be installed on a suitable device such as a phone and=
 used by you or the students.
 
The software you will need (all of which is legally free) is:

*	Java's Software development kit (available from java.sun.com)
*	NetBeans 5.5 (available from netbeans.org)
*	NetBeans Mobility Pack (from the same location)

When testing the software the Development environment opens up a window that=
 looks like a phone (you get to choose whether you are developing for a phon=
e or a PDA and you can specify the screen resolutions of your device) and yo=
u click the keypad buttons on screen to emulate the phone's behaviour.

Cheers,

David.


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