Here is a new J2ME midlet application called Groceries. The Groceries application can be used to create grocery lists and keep track on what items you have already collected. The application can store multiple lists and one list can hold multiple items. The source code is available under the GPL license along with the NetBeans IDE 4.1 project files. Check it out.
Send me an email or leave a comment if you have any suggestions how this application could be improved.
I have written a new J2ME midlet application Torch. Torch is a simple application that displays a white form on device’s screen so that you can use it as a torch or a flashlight. This requires a device that has a screen with backlight.
I have included the source code and NetBeans IDE 4.1 project files along with the binary files for you to download. The application is licensed under the GPL. Check it out
A Visitor informed me about the possible bug in the Car Manager midlet. The midlet didn’t calculate the average consumptions correctly as it used entry’s date as a base for sorting entries. Therefore it could make an errorenous calculations if user entered two entries on the same date.
I have now fixed the bug and the midlet seems to calculate the consumptions correctly even if user enters multiple entries on the same date. Midlet now uses the distance in kilometres as a base for sorting entries. You can download the latest version (1.1) and its source code with NetBeans 4.1 project files from Car Manager MIDlet page. Please send me an email if you find any other bugs or if you have any feature suggestions.Подаръци
Matt Volpi from Sun Microsystems was kind enough to send me an email about the final release of NetBeans IDE 4.1 and Mobility Pack 4.1. I’ve been using both the IDE and the Mobility Pack since early 4.1 beta and I have now switched using the final release. As I have said a few posts back that I haven’t been much into the RAD (Rapid Application Development) tools before, but now these kind of tools have come to the point where they don’t get into my way as I am able to write my code manually and design the application flow side by side without unnecessary hassle. The Mobile Pack’s Visual Design Editor is outstanding in all its glory as it reduces the coding overhead that is needed when developer adds a simple form to the application. Furthermore it allows developer to add custom components to the application’s flow very easily. Custom components can be something like more complex canvas classes and so on. I am definately going to use this tool in my future projects.
Here are few screenshots from the two applications that I have created with the new NetBeans IDE 4.1. First screenshot presents the screen design view of my Torch application’s about form. Torch application is familiar from Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms. This J2ME MIDlet application is the simplest of all applications as it only displays white screen to light up your phone so you can use it as a flashlight. Nevertheless it is more useful than Hello World applications.
The second screenshot shows the Mobility Pack’s Flow Designer tool in action. The flow is taken from the Groceries application flow. The application, Groceries, is a rather simple J2ME MIDlet that acts as a grocery list manager. 
User is able to add and delete grocery lists and can keep track what items he/she have already collected to the shopping cart.
I will release the source code along with the NetBeans IDE 4.1 project files to these two applications in a few days. I will also release more projects made with NetBeans IDE 4.1 and Mobility Pack 4.1 in the future so be sure to check back later :)