Palm OS Cobalt Programming from the Ground Up - The Accelerated Track for Professional Programmers

Learn to develop powerful programs for Palm OS devices

Write custom Palm OS Cobalt applications for business, communications, entertainment, and other uses with help from this step-by-step guide. By following a start-to-finish sample application, you'll learn to work in the Palm OS Developer Suite to build programs that run on all Palm OS devices, including the palmOne Treor Tungsten;" and Zire models, Sony CLIEs, the Fossil Wrist PDA and many others. Create user interface elements such as buttons and scroll bars, develop databases, and much more. Plus, you'll learn to test your applications and apply the tricks and techniques used by professional programmers.

• Install and work with the Palm OS SDK and Developer Suite
• Write modular, reusable code
• Create full-color user interface objects such as menus, buttons, and triggers
• Build event handlers
• Set up and manage classic, extended, and schema databases
• Create list objects, controls, and tables
• Sort data into categories
• Troubleshoot and optimize your applications