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Bob Russell · 07-05-2004, 01:04 PM

How hard is it to write a program for my PDA? That's a question I've been asking myself a lot recentlly. I'm not a whiz-bang coder, but like a lot of people I've taken a few programming classes, and I've written a bunch of simple non-GUI programs for fun a long, long, long, long time ago.

I love fiddling with my PDA, and I miss knowing that if I want to whip out a quick and simple program I can. Plus, I heard of this thing called SuperWaba that is like Java for your PDA. It works on PalmOS, PocketPC and can even run on the desktop... Just like you'd expect from a variation of Java. As a result, I decided to try an experiment with my Sony SJ33.

I'm going to see if I can learn how to write simple PDA programs. It's a project for my "spare time" (a fictitious concept in itself, I think!) And it's just for fun.

But here's the twist, -- I'm going to share it with anyone who's interested. You might just be curious or you might be feeling the same way I am, and have a desire to write a program for your PDA.

If this sounds interesting to you, check out my SuperWaba blog at http://superwaba.blogspot.com/
(I noticed that I have to repeatedly hit refresh with my IE browser sometimes to get the blog to load. Don't know if that's due to their servers or my client, but be patient. If it doesn't improve I'll find another free host somewhere.)

Don't expect an entry every day. It will be sporadic. Sometimes frequent, sometimes only a few per month. We'll see how it goes and how much interest there is. I'm new to both SuperWaba and blogging, so it may take a while to "get my feet wet. I'm both excited and a little intimidated. Don't know how far it will go, but I can't wait to see!

If anyone is interested in this at all, let me know. That will be my best motivation if I know people are curious enough to read it. I'm still undecided whether to make this post at some of the popular Palm Forums or not. In a way, it might have made sense to start at a Palm-specific site, but MobileRead is my favorite site, so I will begin here. I guess I'll post elsewhere also if I get the feeling people might be interested in general.

Thanks for your input!

07-05-2004, 01:04 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	What's It Like to Write Programs For Your PDA? How hard is it to write a program for my PDA? That's a question I've been asking myself a lot recentlly. I'm not a whiz-bang coder, but like a lot of people I've taken a few programming classes, and I've written a bunch of simple non-GUI programs for fun a long, long, long, long time ago. I love fiddling with my PDA, and I miss knowing that if I want to whip out a quick and simple program I can. Plus, I heard of this thing called SuperWaba that is like Java for your PDA. It works on PalmOS, PocketPC and can even run on the desktop... Just like you'd expect from a variation of Java. As a result, I decided to try an experiment with my Sony SJ33. I'm going to see if I can learn how to write simple PDA programs. It's a project for my "spare time" (a fictitious concept in itself, I think!) And it's just for fun. But here's the twist, -- I'm going to share it with anyone who's interested. You might just be curious or you might be feeling the same way I am, and have a desire to write a program for your PDA. If this sounds interesting to you, check out my SuperWaba blog at http://superwaba.blogspot.com/ (I noticed that I have to repeatedly hit refresh with my IE browser sometimes to get the blog to load. Don't know if that's due to their servers or my client, but be patient. If it doesn't improve I'll find another free host somewhere.) Don't expect an entry every day. It will be sporadic. Sometimes frequent, sometimes only a few per month. We'll see how it goes and how much interest there is. I'm new to both SuperWaba and blogging, so it may take a while to "get my feet wet. I'm both excited and a little intimidated. Don't know how far it will go, but I can't wait to see! If anyone is interested in this at all, let me know. That will be my best motivation if I know people are curious enough to read it. I'm still undecided whether to make this post at some of the popular Palm Forums or not. In a way, it might have made sense to start at a Palm-specific site, but MobileRead is my favorite site, so I will begin here. I guess I'll post elsewhere also if I get the feeling people might be interested in general. Thanks for your input!