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[dsdp-mtj-dev] A request....
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Recently, I
discussed setting up Eclipse for a mobile development with a developer. What was
quite striking was the procedure the developer used. For years now the developer
had followed the advice all over the web of download Eclipse, download
EclipseME, download the Sun WTK. The developer had even checked via Google
search to see if the advice was still current, and found all the articles that
he had been seeing for years listing the above setup process.
When actually
building the development environment, he followed the procedure: download
Eclipse, download EclipseME, etc. The developer simply went to each site,
ignored everything on the page except the download button/link, and never
noticed all the discussion on the EclipseME site about MTJ. While he ended up
with a workable EclipseME environment, there were bugs that he encountered that
we have fixed in MTJ.
So my request. If
you have have posted, or know someone who has posted instructions on the web or
internally at your company on how to set up a mobile development environment,
please take a few minutes to update the instructions to indicate MTJ instead of
EclipseME for new development environments. If you see outdated instructions on
the web, take a moment to send feedback to the author that the page is out of
date and needs to be refreshed. (I see as top hits in Google
recommendations to download Eclipse 3.0.1 and EclipseME
0.7!)
For some projects
that need a long term stable environment, EclipseME may be the most appropriate
solution. But for new development environments and projects, I hope we all agree
that MTJ now provides a better solution for developers. (If not, please make
suggestions for improvement here!!)
Regards,
Eric Hildum
Senior Product Manager, Mobile Developer
Tools & SDK
Software Platforms and
Delivery
Ecosystem and Market
Development
Motorola
Direct: +1-408-541-6809
Mobile: +1-510-305-0801
809 11th Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA