Using Eclipse as J2ME development platform

I believe the most powerfull asset of eclipse is the number of plugins available for almost any technology integration, working towards making it programers' heaven.

To start developing J2ME applications on eclipse, you need to:

1. Download Sun Java Wireless Toolkit
   
2. Ofcourse If you're not already an eclipsian (how dare you!) you need to download eclipse SDK.
   
3. After Installing eclipse, go to Software Updates >> Find and Install from the Help Menu and then "Search for New Features to install"
   
4. Select "New Remote Site" and specify the Name as "J2ME" for example and the URL needs to be specified as "http://eclipseme.org/updates/"
5. Continue with the procedure as the installer suggests, you need to accept installing the plugin and then eclipse will request to restart.
6. Before creating a project you should revise your eclipse default build settings. Go to Window >> Preferences. and then from the tree menu Java >> Build path. Make sure that you select the "Folders" radio button from the "Source and output folder" tab and that Source folder name is "src" and output folder name is "bin" confirm your modification by clicking on ok.
   
7. When eclipse restarts now you need to create a project. Go to File >> New >> Project.
8. A wizard will popup, you should find J2ME >> J2ME Midlet Suite and then specify a project name, click Next.
   
9. If this is the first time to create a J2ME project, eclipse needs to locate the devices which will be used to run your application. Click on Manage Devices >> Import >> Browse and then locate the root folder for your Wireless toolkit. It should look like "WTK25". Click on Ok and then refresh. After eclipse is done with locating the devices click on "Select All" and then "Finish".
10. Back to the New J2ME Project, you should have "Sun Java(TM) Wireless Toolkit 2.5 for CLDC Beta" in the Group element and select your preferable device from the list below and then click "Finish".
11. Now you have the project created. To create your primary Midlet right click on the "src" folder and New >> Other. From the menu select J2ME >> J2ME Midlet.
12. Click Next, give it a Name and click Finish.
13. Congrats! Everything is now ready. If you need to add any resources like images or icons, place them in the "res" folder under your project root.

Happy Eclipsing !

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