Re: Best way of developing simple PPC apps for Unix types?
- From: r_z_aret@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:22:41 -0400
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:27:17 -0400, usenet@xxxxxxxxxx (Stephen Harris)
wrote:
Chris Tacke, eMVP <ctacke.at.opennetcf.dot.com> wrote:
What kind of development do you want to get in to? Are the new things you
want to try going to have a UI (that device doesn't have a command line)?
Yes, I know I'm going to need some GUI components. What I'm thinking
of writing is (yet another) "CD database" type program, but custom
to my needs. A portable version of the type of thing I have at
http://sweh.spuddy.org/cds.cgi
If you're doing this as a self-assigned project and/or because you're
really fussy about the program specs, then fine. I can relate.
If you would be satisfied with something ready-made, then I suggest
checking HandDBase:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bcvnvt
It will read standard comma-delimited files. I use the copy on my
laptop as the master, then export databases to my cell phone(s).
Also, I found ReaderwareAW (http://www.readerware.com/rwAW.html)
really helpful. For not much money, I got a copy of the software with
a small barcode scanner. The scanner is about the size of my thumb and
runs on a watch battery. I can scan > 100 bar codes, attach the
scanner to my computer and the program, batch upload all the bar
codes, and then have the program scan multiple on-line databases for
song titles, artists, album art, etc. The same company makes
variations for DVDs and books. And I could export the resulting
databases as comma-delimited files I then imported into HanDBase.
So there would be a parse to read in the source data file (ASCII file,
which I would like to be the same on the web server and the PPC), then
display data in a tabular form, allow selection of an item and display
the details.
I don't need (at this point) update/save/add type facilities; just
a "display" option.
And then similar for my book and DVD collections.
It took me under a day to write that web interface (oh so many
years ago, before DHTML... my stuff is HTML2.0 aged!). I expect it
to take a lot longer to do the same for the phone.
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