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Developers looking to get on the Palm Pre train now have a little more material to chew on, as chapter 3 of the work-in-progress guide has been released. This chapter will go over widgets, as explained in the intro:
“The heart of the Mojo framework is the user interface feature set, delivered in a collection of dynamic widgets. Mojo widgets are configured with sceneController methods and custom CSS styles and managed through Mojo events, briefly introduced to you in Chapter 1.
With widgets you can build static and dynamic lists, or employ various button controls, selectors, and text fields. You can choose from several kinds of menus and dialogs, and employ sophisticated pickers and viewers each of which specialize in handling different types of data. There’s a common model for declaring, instantiating and managing your widgets, which makes it easy to learn and simple to code for your applications.”
Chapter 2 came out about a month ago, and the whole thing should be done by August. I’m curious to see a chapter on location-based services, since recent surveys have shown app developers in that field aren’t interested at all in webOS. Until the book gets out, you can hit up Safari to provide your feedback on the manual, and maybe even shape the final product.
[via PalmWebOSBlog]
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