WHAT IS TCPTE:
It's a framework to develop Java AWT thin-Client applications for limited devices (PDAs, Cellular Phones and so on), in a trasparent way for a developer and preserving his programming style. Offering the benefits of a light web application and the functionality of traditional awt applications, Tcpte solves many tipical problems that the developer has to tackle when developing applications for wireless devices.

To develop an Application for limited devices you must write a Sun AWT-Like application (step 1), compile (step 2) and install it (step 3) on a tcpte-server.

To use the application on your mobile device you must connect to the server (step 4) with an ad-hoc Client and execute it on the server. The application is executed on the server while its User Interface is shown on the device.

TCPTE is currently developed by Giuseppe Di Santo, with collaboration of Professor Gerardo Canfora and Eugenio Zimeo, at the Research Centre On Software Technology (RCOST). It's an Open Source project. The developers list can be found here.

The current version TCPTE can be used on devices using Java 2 Micro Edition (CLDC 1.0, MIDP 1.0) and Personal Java platform. Moreover, on CLDC devices is necessary KAWT from Kroll & Haustein. TCPTE is under GNU General Public License (GPL). You can use tcpte for commercial and non commercial usage. If you modify the source code please notifiy Giuseppe Di Santo of the modifications made. Also, for Commercial usage you must read the KAWT license in order to use the framework on J2ME-CLDC devices.