MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Syllabus and References

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR.

MCA III-I Sem                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                     

(9F00501) MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

UNIT I

J2ME Overview -Java 2 Micro Edition and the World of Java, Inside J2ME, J2ME and Wireless Devices

Small Computing Technology: Wireless Technology, Radio Data Networks, Microwave Technology, Mobile Radio Networks, Messaging, Personal Digital Assistants

J2ME Architecture and Development Environment- J2ME Architecture, Small Computing Device Requirements, Run-Time Environment, MIDlet Programming, Java Language for J2ME, J2ME Software Development Kits, Hello World J2ME Style, Multiple MIDlets in a MIDlet Suite, J2ME Wireless Toolkit.

UNIT II 

J2ME Best Practices and Patterns: The Reality of Working in a J2ME World, Best Practices  Commands, Items, and Event Processing: J2ME User Interfaces, Display Class, The Palm OS Emulator, Command Class, Item Class, Exception Handling

UNIT III

High-Level Display Screens: Screen Class, Alert Class, Form Class, Item Class, List Class, Text Box Class, Ticker Class

UNIT IV

Low-Level Display Canvas:   The Canvas, User Interactions, Graphics, Clipping Regions, Animation

UNIT V  

Record Management System- Record Storage, Writing and Reading Records, Record Enumeration, Sorting Records, Searching Records, Record Listener.

UNIT VI

JDBC Objects: The Concept of JDBC, JDBC Driver Types, JDBC Packages, Overview of the JDBC Process, Database Connection, statement Objects, Result set, Transaction Processing, Metadata, Data Types, Exceptions.

UNIT VII

JDBC and Embedded SQL: Model Programs, Tables, Indexing, Inserting Data into Tables, Selecting Data from a Table, Metadata, Updating Tables, Deleting Data form a Table, Joining Tables, Calculating Data, Grouping and Ordering Data, Subqueries, VIEWs

UNIT VIII

Generic Connection Framework: The Connection, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Communication Management Using HTTP Commands, Session Management, Transmit as a Background Process.

REFERENCES:

     1.    J2ME: The Complete Reference, James Keogh, Tata McGrawHill.

2. Enterprise J2ME: Developing Mobile Java Applications – Michael Juntao Yuan, Pearson Education, 2004
3. Beginning Java ME Platform, Ray Rischpater, Apress, 2009
4. Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition,  Sing Li, Jonathan B. Knudsen, Apress, 2005
5. Kicking Butt with MIDP and MSA:Creating Great Mobile Applications,1^st  edition,J.Knudsen,Pearson.