Re: looking for laptop to do java development

michael,
u said "If you are going to make plain MIDP 2.0 and
CLDC 1.1 apps, you can also make it work natively on Leopard including
debugging from NetBeans. However, any extra JSRs, and you are going to
"compile only" mode."

how did u managed to install WTK2.5.2 on netbeans (leopard) ?

----- Original Message ----
From: Michael Samarin <email@hidden>
To: cw <email@hidden>
Cc: email@hidden
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:13:29 AM
Subject: Re: looking for laptop to do java development

I am using MacBook 2.16 Ghz with Leopard and VMFusion for J2ME
development for 6 months. Instead of Linux, I have to use XP as a
guest, since software I do targeted specifically to Nokia devices. So,
I have to use Nokia emulators that are WIndows only. I use NetBeans 6
with mobility pack in XP. With the stock 1GB of RAM and 512 MB for
guest OS any Java app is incredibly slow to start and barely usable.
However, with 4GB of RAM and 1 GB for guest OS it is actually working
very well and speedy.

I have actually managed to make NetBeans to compile my Nokia specific
J2ME apps natively in Leopard with dummy jar stubs and "preverify"
from Phone ME project. It requires some manual work to install
Mobility pack into NetBeans on Leopard and install proper stubs, but
it is doable. So, when I can live without debugging, I use this setup
on Leopard. If I need debugging on Nokia Emulator, I fire up VMFusion
with XP.

One more piece of advice. If you are going to make plain MIDP 2.0 and
CLDC 1.1 apps, you can also make it work natively on Leopard including
debugging from NetBeans. However, any extra JSRs, and you are going to
"compile only" mode.

Best
Michael

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 4:47 PM, cw <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> the problem arise,when one need to do j2me and required wtk. of course i
> know can use third party emulator. is the preview jdk6 stable? i heard lot
> of bugs.. what MBP stands for ? (parallel) ?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alan McMorran <email@hidden>
> To: email@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:41:31 PM
> Subject: Re: looking for laptop to do java development
>
>
> Can I ask why you need another OS? I use my Macbook Pro (new Penryn 2.5Ghz
> w/4Gb RAM) for developing in Java using Eclipse and I just do it natively
> under Leopard and it all works perfectly. With the beta of JDK 1.6 available
> for x64 (although I tend to just develop for 1.5 anyway) I have no reason to
> try the apps in Windows or Linux other than just to check they do run (which
> they always do - but I tend to write servlets and command line Java not
> Swing or AWT based apps). I run Parallels with XP purely because there are
> some CASE tools I need that are Windows-only (and I also Boot Camp into the
> same XP install to play games...) but I'm amazed just how well it
> integrates.
>
> I highly recommend the MBP as a stable, powerful platform for development.
> I'd advise you just to buy extra RAM from a 3rd party (in my case Crucial)
> since it's much cheaper than buying the upgrade from Apple and fitting it is
> easy and doesn't affect your warranty.
>
> Alan
>
> On 20 Apr 2008, at 13:15, cw wrote:
>
>
> I undecisive between choosing just simple dell xps or get a macbook pro ,
> install vmware fusion and have a guest ubuntu OS on it. The reason i need a
> loptop is just purely for java development. I wonder anyone of u using
> leopard and using using vmware fusion with guest ubuntu OS for java
> development? I worry about the stability of the operating system by running
> vmware all the time and wonder does that likely to crash likely? i'm
> already fed up with vista frequent, program crashing and "prompting finfing
> solutions"... looking forward from guru feedback... should i just get a
> dell or macbook pro?
>
>
>
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