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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
PODS confusion.. decent book
I found this to be the only Palm Programming book available when I was attempting to learn to program my Palm. It certainly takes a bit of disassembling to figure out how the nuts and bolts work but it is actually a decent book. As previously mentioned, there seems to be a lack of info about the PODS compiler because most all of the samples are written for...
Published on October 18, 2006 by N. Kovach
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Needs re-organized
This book would be better if it was re-organized. By chapter 4 you are entering a program, but you can't run it until after several more chapters, as creating resource files isn't discussed until chapter 6. Without the resource files (icons, form definition, etc.) the program can't run. Sort of disappointing after typing in all that code. The books web...
Published on February 20, 2006 by J. Christopher Kennedy
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Needs re-organized,
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This review is from: Professional Palm OS Programming (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
This book would be better if it was re-organized. By chapter 4 you are entering a program, but you can't run it until after several more chapters, as creating resource files isn't discussed until chapter 6. Without the resource files (icons, form definition, etc.) the program can't run. Sort of disappointing after typing in all that code.
The books web site includes complete code for those using either CodeWarrior 8 or 9, but if you are using PODS you are out of luck. It discusses PODS, but as something of an after thought. The PODS documentation will serve you far better. I also hope you are already familiar with C/C++ programming. All the information to program for Palm OS appears to be here, but you will have to hunt around for it and be familiar with what you are doing. Definitely not a raw beginner's guide.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
PODS confusion.. decent book,
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This review is from: Professional Palm OS Programming (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
I found this to be the only Palm Programming book available when I was attempting to learn to program my Palm. It certainly takes a bit of disassembling to figure out how the nuts and bolts work but it is actually a decent book.
As previously mentioned, there seems to be a lack of info about the PODS compiler because most all of the samples are written for codewarrior. I found this to be a bit frustrating because I spent a lot of time reworking the resource files to make the samples work. Other than that, I would say the book covers quite a bit of material and is certainly ample for an intermediate programmer (with some C/C++ experience). If you are using the free Palm Developer Suite (PODS) just know that you will have to do a bit of reading on your own (reading Palm documentation) to figure out how to make things work. I'd like to see more samples.. perhaps I'll write a few myself and start a website to help other novices like me learn the basics.
0 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Programming book,
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This review is from: Professional Palm OS Programming (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
Book arrived in VG condition and contents are as indicated on information blurb supplied by Amazon. Altogether very satisfied.
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Professional Palm OS Programming (Wrox Professional Guides) by Lonnon R. Foster (Paperback - April 22, 2005)
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