[ILUG] developing for Symbian S60on *Nix/Linux

[Stephen Mc Gowan]

Paul,

It might be worth looking into Qt, they're moving towards including S60
support in the next release (Qt 4.6).

There's a few blog posts here about it.

http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/09/15/the-future-of-s60-branches-and-contributions/
http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/09/24/daily-binaries-of-qt-for-symbians60-available/

and then the page to get the technology preview for Qt Symbian.

http://qt.nokia.com/developer/technical-preview-qt-for-s60

Also they have been working on support for the Maemo platform as well.

http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/10/09/qt-on-the-n900/

I've certainly found the Qt toolkit to be very handy when it comes down to
development with C/C++ it can take a lot of the pain away but gives you an
API akin to Java in it's inclusiveness. QtCreator is also a handy IDE...not
the best in the world but getting there.

-Stephen Mc Gowan


On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Shane Tuohy <stuohy1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> I did a project last year using Symbian C++, after a few months of bashing
> my head against the wall with it, I switched to Java, and knocked out a
> prototype in a day or two. Unless you have specific requirements that only
> Symbian C++ can solve, I'd definitely recommend using Java instead.
>
> Java apps are a little more sandboxed afaik, but the learning curve for the
> Sybian C++ is akin to running into a brick wall. If you are really
> insistent
> on using C++, I can point you in the direction of an ok book which could
> help, but I'd still recommend Java.
>
> Shane
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM, <paul at clubi.ie> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has done this before, and if so what tips would
> > they have?
> >
> > Also, more general question: Write to Java MIDP 2.0 (+ maybe assorted
> other
> > mobile and Nokia APIs) or to Symbian S60 3rd Ed. C/C++ platform?
> >
> > (The new Maemo platform would be even more interesting, but the N900 is
> > ferociously expensive - the only phone running it for now).
> >
> > regards,
> > --
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