Hello everyone.I want a little bit to get involved with the developing of new programs and I would like you to advise me which are good programs for this kind of job.I am a newbie to this,but it attracts me a lot.If you don't mind answer my question.


P.S.1.:Can anybody help me install maemo 5 sdk because I am a bit confused with the related wiki?

P.S.2.:Actually I would like to know more if there is any way to develop programs for pc in c++ or other languages from my n900?

would be good to know what your pc runs, linux,windows or mac?

You dont need the sdk to develop with

http://wiki.maemo.org/MADDE

i started out that way and ended up using python, works fine on my device, (coding and testing!) - + instant satisfaction, well almost...

Lots of python tutorials on here, but sorry i can't help with C++

Thanks noobmonkey.Actually mikec,my pc runs windows,but I was thinking to install ubuntu also.

And with MADDE I can do c-c++ or other programming languages based programs for pc?If i can,ban you show me a link to download MADDE for n900,because i can't find it.Unless there isn't for n900.

with MADDE(on windows) you can code in C/C++ and can use QT as well. You can cross compile for the N900 and transfer it to the device to test it.
for more details refer the wiki here

The other option is to install the scratchbox on linux and code there.
The advantage being you have an emulator to test your stuff and dont need to run it on your device each time.

Another all useful link for newcomers

Or as noobmonkey says , go for Python and QT (PyQT) for instant satisfaction and that gives you the option of coding on the device as well .

I tried to install pyqt but there was a problem.When the program is done with the installation i couldn't find it in the menu.I went to the app manager and i pressed the uinstall to see if the program was installed,and surprisingly i saw that the size of the program was only 36kb!I uninstalled and re-installed several times but unfortunately the problem was happening again and again.Do you know what is going on?

(ps.:I installed also the maemo-cplusplus-device-env and i couldn't find it either on the menu or start it from xterminal.Do you know how can I start the program?)

There's no such thing as pyqt menu entry.

You should start with a tutorial like this one or this one for example.

PyQt is technically not a program, it's a (binding to a) set of libraries, so it won't appear in the list of runnable applications (as the description says, it is meant to be used by python tinkerers, i.e. applications written by end users on their local machines). If you want actual to see PyQt example applications, install the PyQt demo package (python2.5-qt4-doc), it has a nice launcher through which you can start various PyQt examples. If you're just starting out and simply want to learn PyQt, it's a lot easier to start using it on a desktop computer, and then just copy over the applications until you get more familiar with the Maemo internals.

PS. The application manager is obviously not taking into account the actual libraries, just their 'installer', that's why you might sometimes see it listed as just a few KB.

i can't understand one thing.In the tutorials and the introduction for pyqt4 I see that there are windows and buttons and other visual things which obviously use the libraries from pyqt4.Am I correct so far?In which programs do these people write commands to make all these visual stuff and write code.What I mean is that if PyQT is not an actual program but powerful libraries if I understood well then how do they use them?For example:

a)if I am trying to develop a program in Fortran a useful tool for that job will be Fortran Developer Studio.It has an interface and gives me the opportunity to use plenty of tools which already has in order to program

b)On the other hand,I am trying to make a program which opens some specific programs(e.x.:utorrent,Word,My computer,solitaire and others)when the load of the os is finished.In that case a open the notepad i write a few commands,I save what I wrote as something.bat,I copy the file into the folder with other startup programs and that's all.I know there is a difference between bat files and actual programs enriched with visual effects,but the thing I am trying to say is that if I install PyQT and start to write a program I will a have to open a notepad and write code which in some spots will have coomands asking libraries from PyQT or there is another way to use them?

I hope you understand what I am trying to say.What I am asking is that I want something like Fortran Developer Studio enriched with tools for visual programming(you know ready dialogue boxes and other similar things)