Hi, Easiest way to develop applications nowadays is Python + PyGtk. It consumes quite a bit resources but if you can code Java, you can learn Python in half day when other people need about one day to learn it :). I am currently coding with Python, and I love it! It is so nice! And you may find the Python + Gtk+ quite familiar as the UI is constructed in the same way as in the Java - the Gtk+ has different boxes that can go inside other widgets and you construct UI the same way as in Java and it becomes scalable and everything if you like. I used to code high level stuff with Java several years ago, but now I don't bother hacking with it anymore as I have found a lot better alternatives. If you want speed from the application and minimal resource use and maybe want to do low level stuff, then the obvious choice is C and Gtk+. If you want to do some library with object oriented language, you can also use C++. I once tested that I made a library addition to Hildon Desktop with C++ and utilizing STL containers and it worked without problems. It might be also possible to create the whole project with C++ (and use Gtk+, not Gtkmm), but I haven't so far attempted to do that. Anyhow, my favourite language used to be C++ out of the languages I know (C, C++, Java, different basic variants on ancient times of 8 bit computers etc.). However, the Python appears to be so nice that I don't think much C++ currently as I am not doing anything resource hungry stuff currently. In order to run Python applications on the device, you and those who use your packages, have to install Python - it is not included there by default. I have recently also been gettting familiar with D. There is no D compiler in scratchbox unfortunately currently, so I am not able to use it for writing applications for the Maemo. From resource efficient compiled languages, it looks pretty elegant compared to the usual messyness of C and C++ - very easy to read even somebody else's code. So, I would suggest using Python now and C if you need to do something low level stuff. Best Wishes, Karoliina >-----Original Message----- >From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org >[mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Alan Williamson >Sent: 26 April, 2007 11:54 >To: maemo-users >Subject: Choice of Programming Languages > >Good morning fellow N800'ers. > >I was wondering what my choices where for writing applications on the >N800 was. Being a hard core Java junkie I am fully aware my >avenue is >cut off here. So what are my other options? > >thanks > >-- >Alan Williamson > "a wiki -and- a blog" @ www.Blog-City.com > > w: http://www.blog-city.com/ > b: http://alan.blog-city.com/ >_______________________________________________ >maemo-users mailing list >maemo-users at maemo.org >https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >
