After my post about speeding up builds, Dan, the Carbide.c++ Engineering Manager, contacted me asking if I had tried the Carbide.c++ (1.3) beta. While I am enrolled on the beta, I hadn’t tried it because I have been busy and didn’t want the new IDE to disrupt my work.
It turns out that one of the key […]

I seem spend a disproportionate amount of time waiting for builds - especially when I tend to be only updating one source file at a time. In my case it’s currently Carbide.c++ / S60 SDK builds but what I am about to say is probably equally as applicable to JAVA ME or other build environments.
I […]

Nokia has a new useful Carbide.c++ FAQ on Nokia Forum.
The FAQ mentions that there’s special upgrade pricing (approximately half price) if you are moving from CodeWarrior. Tip: What it doesn’t say is that this is only for recent CodeWarrior purchases - so if you have recently purchased (in the last 18 months) then get your […]

EMCC have some interesting things on their web site, especially if you are considering Symbian development.
The Technical articles page includes introductory articles on Mobile JSRs, Symbian Signed, IMS, Wi-Fi, VoIP, UIQ v.3, Exchange ActiveSync, Push-To-Talk, Push Email, S60 v3 and Symbian OS v9.
The Developer Zone has full example source code from the book Developing Series 60 Applications […]

Artem at Agile Software Development has extended the CppUTest unit test framework to support Symbian descriptors and leaves. There’s also a heavily commented example how to use the framework.
If you are looking into unit test tools then you might also like to consider Penrillian’s Symbian OS Unit and Symbian Test Unit.

It’s interesting that UIQ hasn’t been absorbed into Sony Ericsson since it was acquired a few months ago.
In fact, a recent article on Mobile Europe suggests the exact oppose will happen…
"…So we set up UIQ as a separate company, which at the moment is owned by Sony Ericsson, but we absolutely do not expect to […]

I am not sure when it actually happened but Nokia has dropped further development of Carbide.j. The reasoning is that the EclipseME plugin and Sun’s NetBeans IDE with Mobility Pack provide two adequate solutions.
This all makes sense. In the (distant) past I tended to avoid Sun’s development tools as they were slow and cumbersome. Similarly, […]