Before I start writing tutorials on how I program certain things, I feel it’s important to tell people what sort of development environment I’ve chosen for myself.
OS – Windows XP/Vista
While this one is less important I still want to mention it, as there is one tool I use that isn’t yet available for other platforms, but that tool isn’t necessary in order to develop these things.
IDE – Netbeans 6.x
I have tried out multiple IDEs over time, and for Java development, in particular J2ME, I’ve found Netbeans to work better for me, especially starting with version 6. Now you may personally prefer another IDE, like Eclipse, which is fine by me. It just means you’ll likely need to do some manual work in converting things from how I do it in Netbeans, into how you’d do it in your preferred IDE.
Source Control – Subversion
In this day and age I find it nearly impossible to do any serious development without using Subversion. Of course it might be overkill for someone who develops alone, on just one computer, but I use a laptop as well as a desktop PC, so for me it’s definitely necessary.
Extra – Sony-Ericsson Wireless Toolkit
This one apparently only works on Windows, which sucks a bit, but it’s not strictly necessary, so you don’t have to worry about it if you cannot install it on your system.
That’s all, folks
I believe this is it for now. Shall get started on a tutorial soon. 