Palm Nods To C, C++ With Plug-in Development Kit

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03.26.10

Palm Nods To C, C++ With Plug-in Development Kit

By Doug Caverly

By all accounts, mobile is the future. Companies of all sorts are making iPhone apps, Google's investing millions in its Android operating system, and Microsoft is developing the Windows Phone 7 Series. So C programmers should be happy to hear that Palm has made room for them in its mobile strategy.

Palm recently made a beta version of the Palm webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) available, and in a statement announcing the move, explained, "The PDK complements the Palm webOS Software Development Kit (SDK), letting developers use C and C++ alongside the web technologies that power the SDK and mix them seamlessly within a single app."

Also, "The PDK enables new functionality, including immersive 3D graphics, and gives developers who have built games for other platforms an easy way to bring their titles to the webOS platform."

Given that Palm is a household name, this development is almost bound to help C and C++ get attention. And in fact, Palm's new tech has already been used to create versions of famous games like Monopoly, Need for Speed, Scrabble, Sudoku, Tetris, the Oregon Trail, and the Sims, meaning it's relevant even now.

It should be exciting to see what other developers can do as the Palm webOS Software Development Kit makes its way into more hands and eventually exits from beta.

About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest eBusiness news.

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