4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Good, September 29, 2006
This review is from: Developing Software for Symbian OS: An Introduction to Creating Smartphone Applications in C++ (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
If you are a proficient C++ programmer, this book is perfect for you as a introduction to writing C++ on Symbian OS. It describes how Symbian OS works and show what differences exist between normal C++ and the one used while writing applications for Symbian OS.
However this is a mostly OS and C++ book. So it won't teach you how you can do specific things except the information it gives about socket usage to communicate via TCP/IP & GUI Design & Programming. It will teach you the OS and language specification so you'll understand when you see a code excerpt somewhere. Later you can read additional books or SDK documentation to learn about special classes os provides to do specific things. Also it point out the differences between different platforms (S60, S80, UIQ) where applicable by giving individual explanations & examples for each platform.
I strongly recommend reading this book before trying to write anything for Symbian OS. It'll help you greatly in the beginning.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good choice for beginners, April 6, 2007
This review is from: Developing Software for Symbian OS: An Introduction to Creating Smartphone Applications in C++ (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
I'm an absolute beginner into Symbian OS programming and I find this book very perfect in order to let you start writing applications for Symbian Devices (there are many examples that make concepts intelligible).
It explains how Symbian OS architecture works and give many tips you can found only by search on newsgroups.
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