{"product_id":"9781449369071","title":"Palm OS Programming: The Developer's Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith more than 16 million PDAs shipped to date, Palm has  defined the market for handhelds, having dominated this  class of computing devices ever since it began to outpace  competitors six years ago. The company's strength is the  Palm OS, and developers loyal to this powerful and versatile  operating system have created more than 10,000 applications  for it. Devices from Handspring, Sony, Symbol, HandEra,  Kyocera, and Samsung now use Palm OS, and the number of  registered Palm Developers has jumped to 130,000.If you know C or C++, and want to join those who are satisfying  the demand for wireless applications, then \u003ci\u003ePalm OS  Programming: The Developer's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition is the  book for you. With expanded coverage of the Palm OS--up to and  including the latest version, 4.0--this new edition shows  intermediate to experienced C programmers how to build a  Palm application from the ground up. There is even useful  information for beginners.Everything you need to write a Palm OS application is here,  from user interface design, to coding a handheld application,  to writing an associated desktop conduit. All the major  development environments are discussed, including commercial  products such as Metroworks CodeWarrior, Java-based  environments such as Sun KVM and IBM VisualAge Micro  Edition, and the Free Software Foundation's PRC-Tools or GCC.  The focus, however, is C programming with CodeWarrior and  PRC-Tools. New additions to the second edition include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tutorial that takes a C programmer  through the installation of necessary tools and the  creation of a small handheld application.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new chapter on memory, with a comprehensive  discussion of the Memory Manager APIs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreatly expanded discussions of forms, forms  objects, and new APIs for the Palm OS.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdated chapters on conduits that reflect  the newer Conduit Development Kit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe best-selling first edition of this book is still considered  the definitive guide for serious Palm programmers; it's used as  the basis of Palm's own developer training materials. Our  expanded second edition promises to set the standard for the  next generation of Palm developers.","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128567283952,"sku":"9781449369071","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449369071_p0.jpg?v=1763831203","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449369071","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}