Thread: Lack of API documentation
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2009-12-15 , 06:08
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#23
Originally Posted by VinceC View Post
Quite a few of us are much more interested in low level documentation then high level documentation. Publish driver code, publish gsm modem commands, fully document gstreamer, dbus, etc.

We'll use the high level apis if we can, and the low level ones if we need to...
Part of the problem is that currently Maemo used so many 3rd party libraries, such as Gstreamer, PulseAudio, etc. Those programming document are already out there but difficult to centralize. Nokia can not just copy those documents over the site since there is copy-right issue.

Same problem exists in Linux distribution, same issue plagues the Maemo.

However, if you look at 'Android' like document, I encourage you look at Qt. While not all system functions are fully supported in via Qt, such as BlueZ, audio, telephony, etc, but it's getting closer.

For people like me already writing Linux code for almost a decade, we have already memorized most package / libraries name. But Nokia should never forget those new-blood programmers are the ones who are able to drive the world.