Thread: Developing is soo difficult
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oberndorfer is offline oberndorfer
2010-04-18 , 15:50
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#9
Originally Posted by mmurfin87 View Post
Developing for Maemo 5 is indeed a terrible experience. That is why there are so few apps.

Look into QT and Madde. It will get your compile/test cycle going very quickly but its still behind where Microsoft is at.

Keep trying.

Oh and if you figure out the whole .deb thing, let me know.
I disagree to the first statement. Development on n900 is comfortable compared to other embedded systems.
It is particularly easy, if you go one step further and use the qt creator integration of madde as explained in the wiki.
I was stunned when I first compiled an app for PC and then - with one click only - got it cross compiled, deployed and executed on the phone requiring no extra code changes.

ok, if you start from a windows background there might be more obstacles, as a linux pc host is obviously more appropriate for a linux device. But from what I've read, you can set up the environment also on a windows pc.

to the original poster: please do not read my words as offensive. I am confident, that you will eventually share my opinion after an "initial struggle". keep on trying. it is worth it. the qt environment is really nice. I also know visual studio (ok, that was in 1998!).

regards!