# Tutorial - What is Codename One

DevFeed: [Tutorial - What is Codename One](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tutorial-what-is-codename-one-19638.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tutorial-what-is-codename-one/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2017-11-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [GUI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gui.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Swing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swing.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [gui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gui.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains what Codename One is, tracing its origins in LWUIT and describing its underlying technology, history, and broader scope as a mobile development environment.

## Source excerpt

I published this video a while back but it was longer and a bit confusing (over 40 minutes). Since some developers watch it before getting into Codename One I thought it would be in order to streamline it into a more manageable length and transcribe the content like I did with the newer videos. I also cleaned it up a bit and the result is below. You can also read the full transcript within this blog post and use the captions that are a part of the video.