> I thought that the exam was quite reasonable. There were some things I > didn't know, but the week I spent studying before hand helped. However, > I have been doing Palm development for about 6 years now, so my > experience probably made it easier.
i personally have not taken the exam - but, looking at the samples it did go against one of the principles about 'not being dependent on tool chains'; the question regarding the debugger was specific to palmdebugger. <-- not everyone uses this/and or a debugger at all (you dont need a debugger to write good programs, its all technique) > As for benefits, my employer requested that I take the exam and become > certified. Since I just got listed on that page recently and am getting > our MobileCoders profile updated, I'm not sure if it will help us get > work. It has however, reaffirmed my skills to one of our large clients. > > Personally, if I was shopping for a developer and saw some of the awful > programs out there, I'd do whatever I could to ensure that whoever I > hired knew what he (or she) was doing. The certification is one gauge > that would help. certification doesn't really mean much. i wasted time and effort getting Java certified, and, it made absolutely no difference to my employment opportunities. i dont blame that for the test itself, but, my experience with Java was high enough before i sat the test and i had appropriate 'demoable experience/knowledge' of the topic. i dont think many people have actually done the certification for palmos, and, the majority of developers that actually do have it have it solely due to the fact that they helped write the tests themselves. for all you know, maybe they were not even capable of passing the test :) its one thing we'll never know. it is a serious pity the offer to help with the exams was only local to USA/california as well :( looking at the basic overview, there are a few items that could have been covered (more advanced topics). > I would also like to see the certification cover some aspects of user > interface as this has been one of my biggest complaints over the years > about Palm OS application. (Ever seen an app that centers buttons in a > dialog or puts the OK button on the right and cancel button on the > right?) when you write software for a platform; its best to adopt the standard of the os by looking at its built in applications. if you go against these, you normally should have a good reason to mess everything up. maybe one day i'll bother with the certification - but, in the mean time i have a pretty solid portfolio of public and private work to back up any experience i have with the platform. its also known well that i may go against many rules set by palm just to get the job done (which, otherwise would be an impossible task) :) overtime, these do not become issues as the os is improved and version checks can be made to get around previous limitations (which, required a bit of hacking/tweaking) - the fun stuff. --- Aaron Ardiri [EMAIL PROTECTED] CEO - CTO +46 70 656 1143 Mobile Wizardry http://www.mobilewizardry.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
