Hi You will probably want to develop a midlet (j2me). Netbeans has some good support for midlets, like gui builder, runtime emulator, sample projects, etc. Developing a midlet is probably very different to a c# windows modile app but at least c# and java have a similar syntax. Good luck Abdul
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Chavoux Luyt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys > > I am basically new to Java (did some programming in TINI Java using Borland > JBuilder a few years ago). It seems to me that Java uses a lot of different > GUI "widget-sets"/toolkits (e.g. Swing, AWT, SWT, Qt, wxWidgets ). I > currently have Eclipse installed with all kind of goodies (jee, soa, > modeling, reporting and pulsar), most probably unnecessary. My question > relates to what would be the best option to use for rewriting a (Visual > Studio) C# app in Java. > > Here is the scenario: We have a GUI app written for a Windows Mobile device > (using c# .NET) and want to port it to Android devices in future. For > various reasons, Java will be the best choice of language to use. > > I need to get familiar with Java so that I'll be ready for the rewrite when > the time comes, but coming from a Delphi background, Eclipse/Java currently > seems very confusing. I just don't want to waste time learning a Java GUI > toolkit that will not be of use in future. Obviously each one will have > their own opinion about the "best" Java GUI, so please give your reasons > with the opinion... :-) > > So here is what I would like: > 1. Graphical builder; i.e. see what it would look like before compile. > Similar to Delphi or Visual Studio. Preferable something that can integrate > with Eclipse. > 2. Multi-platform; must include Android devices as target device. (Most > important requirement) > 3. As similar to C# .NET as possible? The least amount of work required to > port. (I am not sure if this aspect will really make any difference). > > Thanks > Chavoux > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CTJUG Tech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<ctjug-tech%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Tech?hl=en > For Cape Town Java User Group home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za/ > For jobs see http://jobs.gamatam.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Tech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Tech?hl=en For Cape Town Java User Group home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za/ For jobs see http://jobs.gamatam.com/
