Brian,
have you considered using the PalmOS Developer Suite provided by Palm?
It based on Eclipse, cygwin, prc-tools and the gnu tools in general, and
is downloadable from www.palmos.com. You need to search a bit through
the developer pages and register, but the aplication itself is for free,
since it is open source.
The application is painfully slow ( Eclipse is written in java, maybe
it has something to do) and uses lots of ram, but it includes debugger,
simulator, the official Palm development documentation, resource editor
and is for free.
Finally, the wizard can create a simple HelloWorld application, a more
complex applciation (but still simple enough to be understood by a
novice) and a skeleton application.
Even if you are not using PalmOS Developer Suite to do the development,
I suppose you can create the examples and somehow import them into Code
Warrior with minimum effort.
Regards,
Brian Gupta wrote:
I have set myself a personal goal to learn to write Palm OS Treo
applications within the next 6 months. I have purchased a copy of CW
9.3, and started reading the Palm SDK documentation.
I ran into an issue today with CW, and called support. Apparently I just
spent $400 on an end of life product, that I can't get support for. They
directed me to this list.
I tried to follow the instructions that came with the software to create
a sample app..
When I finished the wizard for a new project, I got the following error
message:
Couldn't complete the last command because the template file 'C:\Program
Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior\Templates\Palm_OS_Templates\pol-
common.mtl' could not be found.
I am also, looking for anyone who can help me get over the initial
learning curve of compiling my first application.
It is very frustrating, as there are not many resources dedicated to new
developers. It seems everything is aimed at the shrinking base of
experienced Palm OS developers.
There are no simple "Hello World" tutorials that I could find.
Everything assumes that you are already a developer, or worse are
already a Palm OS developer.
(I know there are options for novices, like Handheld-Basic, SuperWaba,
and PocketC, but I am looking to learn to eventually write armlets that
can run in the background, and am not convinced the path of least
resistance will get me closer to my goal.)
I have three sets of applications I want to write.
1) Network diagnostic utilies, e.g. dig, traceroute, ping, etc.
2) Simple legal billing timer. (For my wife) This will integrate with a
webservice to allow easy desktop access to billing and client summaries.
I got the idea from splashblog.
3) Bash-lite shell - I'd like to implement a simple unix-like operating
environment that run's as a palm os arm application. This would be a
continual work in progress, with the eventual goal being an environment
similar to Cygwin for the Treo. This environment would be persistent,
and allow background operations, including cron to run.
4) A game... This is going to be the one that I will start in 6 months
or so.. This will have a network component, so I ordered a copy of Palm
OS Networking Programming. (If you want to hear more about the game
idea, please contact me offline).
I am looking for any help on the start of my new journey. I am
reasonably smart, and can pick things up pretty quickly, if I have the
right source materials.
Thanks in advance,
Brian
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