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user169964
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I am currently doing iphone development. I wish to do development in the Symbian platform too. Rather than Java i am familiar with CPP. Can you please help me by giving me some advice to get start in this development environment.? What all are the softwares i need to get installed in my system.? Expecting a positive reply.

Thanks and regards,

Shibin

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user257871
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Shameless plug: http://www.mosync.com

Even though the biggest benefit of MoSync is in the targeting of multiple platforms, it is a very nice C/C++ development environment for Symbian only! For a regular C/C++ programmer, everything should feel considerably less alien than using Symbian C++.

Upvotes: 1

Ralf
Ralf

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Java/J2ME has much better tools and documentation, simpler libraries to use, and a bigger community. So unless you REALLY need to use C++ because of performance or specific API's you need, I suggest you use J2ME instead. I will probably be quicker to learn J2ME from scratch than to learn how to use the Symbian C++ libraries.

As stated by others, Qt might also be a viable option, but I haven't worked with it yet.

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dso
dso

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The Qt framework is a free cross platform C++ based environment, with Symbian support just around the corner (looks like its available in beta). It supports desktop OSes (Windows/Mac) as well as device (Embedded Linux, Windows CE, etc.). However as of this writing it does not support iPhone, RIM or Android.

Upvotes: 7

Andy
Andy

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The power and simplicity of Qt is further expanding its presence in the mobile world. The latest version of Qt will provide core support for Symbian S60 development and a technology preview of support for Maemo 5. 

                                                  ---quoted from forum.nokia.com

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laalto
laalto

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Things you will need:

  • IDE. For Symbian C++ development there's the free, Eclipse-based Carbide.c++.

  • SDK. For example, the S60 Platform SDK enables you to write applications for S60-based devices.

There's a lot of getting started documentation on Forum Nokia.

Upvotes: 4

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