Ron Liechty's Forum Nokia Blog

Forum Nokia Provided Code Snippets

Nokia Ron — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:34:29 +0200

Forum Nokia has started production of Code Snippets in the Knowledge Base in the FN Wiki. Code snippets are well-written code blocks that demonstrate how to use APIs and methods to perform a certain task or use case, providing easy-to-use code for faster application development.

Forum Nokia developed snippets use interfaces from the public SDKs and have been tested on real devices. A code snippet also typically contains a simple application that uses the code, or information on how to apply the code in an application. Code snippets are provided for various technology areas and specifically address current themes of interest. For example, the first published code snippets concentrate on use cases related to the Symbian Signed test criteria.

Forum Nokia provided code snippets complement the existing offering of hundreds of code examples created by the developer community at FN Wiki. Besides being a separate category in the Knowledge Base, the code snippets are also listed in the Code examples section among other examples.

The Forum Nokia published code snippets can be easily distinguished by a specific banner and the CS prefix in the title. Check them out at: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Portal:KB_Code_Snippets

If you have any specific topics that should be addressed, send your suggestions to forum.feedback@nokia.com

Ron

New Updates for Open C Technology

Nokia Ron — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:10:32 +0200

Check out the recent updates of the Open C Technology section on Forum Nokia. Where you can find, for example, these resources:

-A new Quick Start page provides developers new to Open C with direct links to important development tool and documentation resources to jump-start development.

Three advanced Open C example applications (incorporating a complete UI):

-Open C IRC Example (ported from Open Source software)

-Open C FTP Client Example (ported from Open Source software)

-Open C: SMS Crypto Example with Python UI; also a Symbian C++ UI is provided for comparison purposes

The examples include documentation on porting/development experiences.

-Tips for Selecting Open Source Code for an Open C Project:

Note also that starting from S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, Open C is now a preinstalled part of the S60 platform. Porting open source software to the S60 platform should now be easier than ever!

Ron

New Discussion Board Feature, Ask the Expert

Nokia Ron — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:42:08 +0200

This week we introduce a new Interview method, Ask the Expert. Unlike the interviews that took several weeks for answers our expert will answer these questions during the week that they are asked, hopefully the day they are asked.

This week our expert is ltomuta a senior engineer that specializes in Symbian C++.

If you have any question about Symbian C++, the SDK, API or anything at all please take advantage this week to "ask the expert".

Ron

And Now For Something Entirely Different

Nokia Ron — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:24:06 +0300

Ah the words I loved to hear right after the giant foot smashes the nude lady as the band plays Sousa’s Liberty Bell march. What, you only know Monty Python’s Flying Circus from movies and the dead parrot bit? The 45 episodes that began in 1969 have lasted 40 years and still stand up today. Something else began development in 1969 and was released in 1972 even before Monty Python made it to the American shore. That is the programming language called C, truly this was something entirely different.

C is a modular (structured) programming language that was designed to be a portable assembly language. John McEnerney one of the original authors of Think Pascal once wrote an e-mail saying he had finally found pure eloquence and it was pointers in the C language. Programming languages have come and programming languages have gone but C has endured and spread in dozens of variants and the basis for Java. All POSIX compatible operating systems come with a C Compiler built into the system. With just 30 words a language that is so powerful that it changed the world. It is not UNIX or Linux that made open source acceptable it was the portable language of C that allowed everyone on a wide variety of platforms to write something that they can share with the world.

So lets all raise a toast to something entirely different C, the eloquent programming language. Thirty-five years young and still it endures.

Ron

When to Start Fresh with New Equipment

Nokia Ron — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:29:10 +0300

I live in an old house and there is constant upkeep on the house as age and gravity take affect. This last weekend I had to do some plumbing, removing the old sewer pipe and replacing it with space age materials (also known as plastic). Because I was very careful and also have lots of deodorizers the job went fairly well and the house was inhabitable in a few hours after the job was completed. I could have just kept using the plunger every few months and lived with the occasional back up and I could have even just cut out and replaced the elbow that was giving me such problems. But those are just stop gap measures and at some time you need to fix it properly.

Nokia has recently replaced CodeWarrior with Carbide.c++ being one of the original CodeWarrior people from the 1990’s I had a lot of reservation about this change. However, there were just so many patches one can do to something and then it is time to start new, it made sense and even if there was a hardship of learning a new tool or there were some flaws it was time to start fresh. A new patch was recently made available that while it seems insignificant in numbering, it is a major update to the Carbide.c++ tool fixing over 130 bugs.

How to Upgrade:

Check your current version (Click Help → About Carbide.c++)

For Carbide 1.2 or v1.2.1 users, you will be loading a PATCH file

Open Carbide v1.2 or v1.2.1
Click Help → Download Updates in the Carbide tool.
Select Find and Install…
Select “Search for updates of the currently install features”
Wait (then wait some more)
Install features

For Carbide v1.1 users:

You will need to install v1.2 from Forum Nokia, get a new license file, then follow the steps above
Details on upgrading from v1.1 to v1.2 may be found at Forum Nokia Carbide.c++ licensing.

Ron