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Julien SIMON

First of all, you don’t need to be a smart card expert: that’s the whole point of Java Card. With some experience of the Java language, you should be able to write Java Card applications pretty quickly. Here’s what you’ll need:

• A Java Card toolkit (see Java Card:Tools).
• The Java Card specifications (see Java Card:Documentation).
• JDK 1.2.2 or higher.
• A text editor :-)

As usual, a Java decompiler (like Jad) may also come in handy.

You don’t need any hardware, like a card reader and actual cards. Of course, if you want to work on the real thing, you may purchase these from a number of vendors.