developing software for palms

[NevG]

Hi gang

I have been writing software applications across distributed platforms for over 2 years now and would like to try my hand developing for PDA's. Not sure where to start or where to look. Can anybody pointme in teh direction of good web site tutorials or tools sites.

Any help much appreciated

thanks alot

Nev

 

[AlphaGuy]

I've used two sites so far. codewarrioru.com has a great tutorial to get you started if you plan on using their software (codewarrior palm developement ide). Have fun.

http://www.palmsource.com

http://www.codewarrioru.com

 

[mediamavin]

try this site. they have a $25 software developer. not too friendly but chk it out.

http://www.pdatoolbox.com/

also palm has a developers page..

http://www.palmos.com/dev/

where they make available a lot of stuff free

good luck.

 

[Sandman83]

If you are not familiar with C, then you could try the following:

http://www.appforge.com

Very much like VB, in fact you need VB 6 to run it. Very easy to use, but VERY expensive. Currently $699.00(plus the cost of VB6 if you don't already have it) for Palm OR Windows CE version. If you want to program for both it is $899.00(plus VB6)

http://www.nsbasic.com

Again very VB like, however, the syntax is not EXACTLY like VB6 and you don't need VB6 to run it. MUCH more affordable than Appforge. $149.95 for Palm OR Windows CE

http://www.caslsoft.com

This one is not exactly like VB, but more like Pascal. MUCH more affordable than Appforge. $84.95 for the basic program for Palm, $284.95 for the Pro version. (You can buy the basic and then if you want, buy the Pro for $200.00) A Windows CE version is in the works.

I have used the Demo version off Appforge, and while very easy to use, the cost is just to high for me and the .prc's require a runtime and take up too much room.

I have downloaded the demo's of the other two, but have not had time to try them yet.

For a fairly good (but somewhat out-of-date comparison) go to

http://home.att.net/~frankscaslpage/faq_pages/nsbasic.htm

For more current details go to the individual sights.