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June 2, 2010 11:30 AM
Since HP is in the process of purchasing Palm and there are all these rumors about the HP Slate being a Palm WebOS platform, I decided to take a closer look at the development environment over the weekend.
Building the first App was relatively straightforward. Although they have an on-line development environment called Ares, I typically do development when I am on a plane or someplace that may not be entirely web friendly. I decided to go down the tried and true emulator route and found it easy to install and get started.
Since the WebOS environment is based on a similar foundation to Windows Gadgets (CSS, HTML and JavaScript) I was able to port over a gadget I'd written in a VERY short amount of time. Naturally, it didn't look quite as nice as other WebOS applications, but it was functioning -- a minor success, but when you're starting on a new operating system any success is worth recognizing.
Now that I am back from being on the road, I'll have to give Ares a try as well, since it lowers the barriers for developers to jump into the WebOS environment even further.
Originally posted on the The Next Big Thing blog
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| Charles Bess has worked in the Information Technology industry for about 30 years supporting a variety of large organizations and industries. Charlie has performed a variety of formal and technical leadership roles throughout EDS and now HP. He is a licensed professional engineer and in 2002, a senior member of IEEE and was recognized as a Fellow within HP for his focus on value delivery and innovation. Currently he is focused on the Chief Technologist functional relationship between HP and its largest clients. In addition to these activities, Charlie has also worked as a public speaker, advisor to SMUs MBA program and supported engineering and computer science activities at Purdue University and University of North Texas. He’s been blogging on technology and business value related topics since early 2003. |  |
