Palm Releases Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) For WebOS
Palm Inc. is coming out with its own development platform for third-party application developers. In lieu of Google’s recent update to the Android OS with the NDKr3 version, Palm is fighting back with its own first ever Plug-in Development Kit for webOS. The Plug-in Development Kit is a new tool for developers to easily use C and C++ programming in tandem with the web technologies that powers webOS. The PDK will allow developers who already created games or softwares for the iPhone or Android handsets to seamlessly port them to webOS devices. Developers will no longer be hampered by incompatibility of machine codes.
PDK for Palm's WebOS Platform Released
PDK should encourage more app makers to create versions of their best-selling products to Palm devices. The introduction of PDK extends webOS to higher heights and deeper functionality. This will add complex software creation and even immersive 3D gaming experience to the webOS platform. The Plug-in Development Kit is using the same principle that browsers use for plug-in architecture. Since webOS was basically derived from the Webkit layout engine, experienced programmers will find it an easy task to create applications and games for webOS. The PDK will be equipped with tools for development and debugging of mobile phone applications and will be cross platform compatible. It will run natively on Macintosh, Windows and Linux.
The PDK has a Desktop Environment that allows developers to test applications on their host computer. It’s a great way to debug a newly-written software before running it natively on a Palm Device.
Palm’s webOS is still the best mobile platform operating system in my opinion. It may not be as popular as the upcoming iPhone OS 4 or Android OS but benchmark tests have proven it to be the fastest operating system. It’s only fault is the lack of support from third-party developers. I fervently hope that with this release of Plug-in Development Kit, more programmers will start writing better and faster apps for Palm devices too.
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