Palm OS Cobalt Programming from the Ground Up, Second Edition

The Accelerated Track for Professional Programmers. Learn to develop powerful programs for Palm OS devices. Write custom Palm OS Cobalt applications for business, communications, entertainment, and other uses with help from the step-by-step guide. Following a start-to-finish sample application, you'll learn to work in the Palm OS Developer Suite to build programs that run on all Palm OS devices, including the palmOne Treo, Tungsten, and Zire models, Sony CLIEs, the Fossil Wrist PDA, and many others. Create user interface elements such as buttons and scroll bars, develop databases, and much more. Plus, you'll learn to test your applications and apply the tricks and techniques used by professional programmers.Install and work with the Palm OS SDK and Developer Suite Write modular, reusable code Create full-color user interface objects such as menus, buttons, and triggers Build event handlers Set up and manage classic, extended, and schema databases Create list objects, controls, and tables Sort data into categories Troubleshoot and optimize your applications Robert Mykland has been a professional Palm OS developer since 1997. He is the author of several books, including "Palm OS Programming from the Ground Up." James Keogh teaches Java programming at Columbia University. He has spent decades developing applications for major corporations and is the author of more than 60 books, including "Java Demystified, J2EE: The Complete Reference," and "J2ME: The Complete Reference." Matthew Graham is a Palm OS Certified Developer. He works in New York City developing Palm OS applications using C and C++.