Advanced Palm Programming: Professional Developer's Guide (Professional Developer's Guide Series) - Softcover

Mann, Steve; Rischpater, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471390879 ISBN 13: 9780471390879

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

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Graduate to the next level of Palm programming Advanced Palm(TM) Programming Professional Developer′s Guide If you′ve been looking for an expert guide to Palm programming that goes beyond the basics, here it is. This book shows you how to create real–world applications that will put you at the forefront of development for the most rapidly growing OS in handheld computing. Pioneering Palm software developers Mann and Rischpater walk you through the source code for their programming examples, teaching you both about algorithms that solve problems specific to the Palm OS and more general purpose application–level programs. In stand–alone chapters designed for easy reference, they provide: ∗ A practical modest–precision trigonometric library ∗ Routines for floating–point data entry, formatting, and conversion ∗ An application to create Palm database (PDB) files on the desktop ∗ Map display applications with rich graphics support ∗ Simple yet powerful global searching techniques for Palm devices ∗ Guidance for building a transport–independent communications API ∗ Solutions for quickly accessing records in large databases ∗ Debugging techniques for the Palm OS The CD–ROM contains complete source code for all the programming samples in the book. Professional Developer′s Guides The Professional Developer′s Guide series provides the first in–depth look at recent or emerging programming technologies. Experienced programmers and developers will find comprehensive coverage of new programming standards as well as code, sample programs, developer′s tools, and applications that will make learning a new programming language much easier.

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STEVE MANN, bestselling author of Programming Applications with WAP (Wiley), is President of Creative Digital Publishing, a leading provider of technical information and software for the handheld and mobile computing industries. Mann released the first freeware application for Palm and is the creator of the most widely distributed Palm travel application, WorldFAQ .(TM) He is also the former publisher and editor of Handheld Systems magazine. RAY RISCHPATER is a consultant and writer formerly at Sun and Spyglass who participated in the development of Internet technologies for the Palm OS and other handheld devices. Rischpater has written for such publications as Handheld Systems, CQ VHF, and Apple's Develop.

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Excerpt from Advanced Palm Programming: Developing Real-World Applications

Introduction

When we started talking about writing a book on developing applications software for the Palm Operating System (OS), there were already at least five books on the same topic. These books are all good, useful books that cover the basics of creating Palm software.

Like all things in life, however, there is theory and then there is reality. With several combined years of commercial Palm OS software under our collective belt, we knew that the existing books just scratched the surface. When you develop real-world applications that have to run flawlessly on a variety of devices, you need more detailed and advanced information.

Welcome to Advanced Palm Programming: Developing Real-World Applications.

In this book, we discuss in great detail two types of programs. First there are programs that solve narrow problems that are specific to the Palm operating system, such as calculating trigonometric functions, formatting floating point numbers, and looking up and displaying individual records in large lists with just a few Graffiti keystrokes.

We also describe general solutions to various types of application-level problems. What is a good, general-purpose approach to displaying map information? How do you convert desktop data into a Palm database (PDB) file that is suitable for accessing from a Palm program? How can you find a message that might be sent to a Palm device in several different ways and that resides in an unknown application's database?

We tackle these problems and more. We include the critical source code in the book, along with detailed explanations of our algorithms and techniques. We also provide a companion CD-ROM that contains the source code for all of the book's programs.

This book is not comprehensive by any stretch of the imagination. All operating systems grow in complexity with age. The Palm OS is no exception. We could easily fill volumes with useful tips, techniques, and algorithms. Instead, we stick to a manageable collection of topics that we hope you find useful.

Think of this books as one filling menu from an infinite variety of meal plans. WE picked some of our favourite foods that we know how to prepare well. If we missed yours, we offer our apologies. Send us an email at paka@cdpubs.com, and we will try to include that food in the next feast.

If you are just learning Palm programming, we think you will find something useful in this book. If you already have some understanding of Palm software development, we hope that you find Advanced Palm Programming: Developing Real-World Applications indispensable.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471390879
• ISBN 13: 9780471390879
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 381
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