Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
• Enables richer and higher performance games
There are several different ways and tools to create MIDP applications: code can
be written in a plain text editor, or one can use a more advanced IDE, such as
NetBeans, IntelliJ (with bundled Java ME plugin), or Eclipse (with plugins, such as
Eclipse ME).
NetBeans
NetBeans is an open source IDE to develop apps and games for Java ME-powered
devices. Applications can be developed from a set of modular software components
called modules and can be extended by third party developers. Among its features,
it includes the Update Center module that allows users to download upgrades and
new features into the running application, so that reinstalling an upgrade or a new
release does not force the users to download the entire application again.
The latest released version of NetBeans is 7.2.
To create a new project with NetBeans, follow the given steps:
1. Start the NetBeans IDE.
2. Navigate to
File
|
New Project
.
The New Project Wizard will open. Expand the Java category and select Java
Application as shown in the following screenshot:
