Hurrah! Widgets! - and more

dcrocha — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:43:40 -0100

If you have been reading Forum Nokia web site regularly, you've probably noticed the big Win 15k Euros! posted on the main page since March 18th. If you click the link, you'll be redirected to the Forum Nokia Code Camp Competion we're hosting. It's all about you developing a winning Web Run-Time (WRT) or Flash Lite application and raking in a lot of nice prizes from Forum Nokia.

Registration has already begun, so come up with your bright idea for either platform and enter the competition!

If you have a concept but don't have a command in any of these technologies, a good idea would be to register for one of the Forum Nokia Regional Code Camps happening worldwide and get started with both WRT and Flash in nice hands-on workshops.

Yours truly will be probaly hosting a Flash Lite somewhere in April, stay tuned.

If you're more into widgets, you can also get started by checking out this article I wrote back in November 07. It covers everything you need to know to develop your first widget, including SDK and live testing with our Remote Device Access service:

Widgets on S60: Web Runtime

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I have been thinking a lot about Python for S60, Mobile Web Server and how to extend Flash and Java applications using the former technologies. I wonder if it would be possible to extend Widgets as well, having a C++ or Python light web server running on the phone while a widget makes local XMLHttpRequest connections to this service, thus getting more native-related functionality. Mobile Web Server seems like a good candidate for this type of experimentation. I may give it a try soon. (evil laugh)

My first post, and it comes fully loaded with Python!

dcrocha — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:37:36 -0100

Hello all,

This is my first post at Forum Nokia's Blogs, and certainly won't be the last since I like to talk a lot.

I have been working with Forum Nokia since 2005 and with Nokia technologies since 2000, and it's been a pleasant journey I can say. I am based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where we Forum Nokians have the mission of building awareness for Nokia technologies and platforms and of course help the developer community (which is huge) grow interest in mobile software development.

As one of the lucky people (according to Hartti) to attend BOSSA 08 Mobile Open Source Software conference held in Recife, Brazil. I gave a lengthy workshop on everything you need to know to get started with Python for S60 application development. I had a lot of fun preparing the workshop, since until 2 weeks ago I knew very little about the technology, and after reading all of the project's material and the amazing Mobile Python book from Forum Nokia Champion Jürgen Scheible, I became sort of an expert on it (at least compared to myself in the beginning of March). It always nice when you can have the opportunity of learning something new, specially when it makes your life so easy as Python for S60 does.

For those interested on it, the material I've presented is linked below so it's free for you to download and enjoy. It contains a .ppt presentation about all things PyS60 (from downloading to start developing and running apps on the phone) and some source code examples, many of them written by my, others taken from the book cited above.

Here are the links:

python_pres.pdf (pdf document containing the presentation)

python.zip (source code)

Of course, your feedback is always appreciated!

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Daniel

Daniel Rocha's Forum Nokia Blog

Hurrah! Widgets! - and more

My first post, and it comes fully loaded with Python!