Palm Development 2

[ErikZ]

I'm thinking about picking up a IIIxe and was wondering, how hard is it to program for one of these things? If I use a development suite, will I get a usefull executable or will it be this huge nasty program. (ie: Do I have to progarm in assembly to make anything worthwhile.)

Just curious,
ErikZ

 

[Karl Blessing]

that really depends, I have asked questions earlier about development platforms etc (with not much luck of a reply)

as far as I can find
there are three major ones I've looked at

AppForge (this is a VB Addin, it lets you develop palm applications thru Visual Basic)

Mobile Builder 2 (this one seems to be very into it, I belive using C++ as the base language, catch it it not only develops for Palm, but for DOS , windows, etc )

CodeWarrior 7 for PalmOS
(same here, only strictly for the palm, it does it in C++)

heres the big problem

Appforge = 700$
Mobile Builder 2 = 1500$
CodeWarrior 7 for Palm = 300-400$


the development software prices just for the palm are expensive. Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[DougP]

Hi, AppForge has a Standard version for $149.00 right now for limited time.

http://www.appforge.com/prod/af_std/index.html

I tend to use the Palms and Symbols as information gathering tool rather than creating huge application in them. So the programs just prompt for data and do other simple functions. Since they dock to the PC where you can upload its data why re-invent the wheel. Once the data is in the PC then it can be used in a myriad of ways. Or in the case of the Palm VII you can upload data to a WEB site, if you can program .ASP or something like that.
Feel free to look at My WEB site

http://www.barcodeone.com/

then click on Palm logo on the Left side.
DougP, MCP

Visit my WEB site

http://www.barcodeone.com

to see how Bar-codes can help you be more productive

 

[Karl Blessing]

DougP , actually that standard is only 149$ if you have prove of owning one of the previous Palm Development tools on their list of tools (this is for a Competitive price program)

not if you never owned a Palm Development platform Karl Blessing aka kb244{fastHACK}

 

[ErikZ]

>Since they dock to the PC where you can upload its data why re-invent the wheel.

Cause you can sell your new wheel to people who don't realize that the palm is mostly a personal organizer and not a new computer.

 

[mrsurrender]

Hi,

there is another IDE, much easier to handle than CodeWarrior. I am just getting my first experiences with Falch.net. It's about $220. It adds an Emulator and GNU compiler. It's easy to use, but you have to know C. You can add forms like in Delphi/VB. Falch.net has a trial for download, so try

http://www.falch.net

If You're into adding small applications to Your palm in simple Basic, try CASL. That's an interpreter language, so you need some kBytes runtime on your palm. But it's very, very easy to add some little apps to your palm. CASL I got for free on a book CD, so you probably will find it for free in the web.

God bless.
Siegfried.

 

[sarahknz]

Hi Siegfried

CASL is no longer free, but not wildly expensive. It also has a port to C which sounds like a good idea.

Any other opinions of this?

Sarah



My site:

http://www.hostultra.com/~data/

 

[birmbear]

FWIW, I went through all the same kinds of things you guys did, looking for a compiler. I finally ended up going with HB++, and boy am I ever glad I did. It is simply great stuff!

http://www.handheld-basic.com

___Birm

 

[gwinn7]

There are two others that I did not see mentioned.

OrbForms (C like syntax)

NSBasic (VB like)

http://www.nsbasic.com

I ended up purchasing NSBasic and its worked out okay. I was able to apply my knowledge of VB and have an app running within days. It has a built in Palm Emulator and can also use an external Emulator.

Gary
gwinn7
A+,L+,I+,N+

 

[haslo]

Actually, you may consider using the free tools PalmOne provides - they are as extensive as CodeWarrior (which is about as extensive as it gets). You get them from here:

http://www.palmos.com/dev/dl/dl_tools/dl_pods/

Also, I have put up some links to development tools and book reviews at my homepage:

http://www.haslo.ch/permalink_21~en

haslo@haslo.ch - www.haslo.ch​

 

[ETID]

My 2 cents...

Another free utility...depending on Palm OS age.

http://smallbasic.sourceforge.net/