How easy is BREW?

[marsh]

I'm a newbie on this board

I am planning to spend time to become a BREW developer. I am very experienced in Java and C++ (4 years).

Before I make the committment to do the training can anyone tell me how hard/easy they found it to pick up.

I really appreciate a quick reply

Marsh

[msponer]

The API is small and pretty straightforward. So there is not a lot to learn if your goal is to say that you know BREW and want to make programs that run in the emulator.

Getting the programs to run on the phones is harder. The emulator doesn't simulate the phones well. You have to be careful to code around a lot of problems that only show up on the phones. Read the archives of this forum for more information.

The 1.1 SDK has the most example programs. These are good to see what the API can do.

[Craig Evans]

Originally posted by marsh I am very experienced in Java and C++ (4 years). For BREW, C++ is good, but what are you like at straight C? Pointers? Memory addressing? C++ hides many of the issues that occur on the cellphone. Its ironic, but programming for BREW on a cellphone is reminiscent of programming for mainframes in the 80's - limited memory, limited CPU, limited storage. Thankfully you don't need to get down as low as assembler (though it is an option), but a thorough knowledge of C (as opposed to C++) is a definate advantage.

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