QuickStartGuide - The bada APIs: finding similarities

The bada C++ APIs are divided into 21 (in bada SDK 1.2) top level namespaces, divided neatly according to functionality. So, you’ll find the base namespace which contains numeric types and standard classes such as DateTime and String and the base::collections subnamespace that contains a comprehensive set of classes to implement arrays, linked lists, stacks and queues. Other namespaces include those for locations, multimedia features, handling sensors and the user interface, all organised in a logical way which makes getting to grips with the bada APIs a lot easier.
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QuickStartGuide - bada: familiar foundations

Welcome to the second part of our QuickStart guide to bada programming. In the first article in the series we looked at the bada development environment, showed your where to find resources to assist your development efforts and demonstrated how easy it is to build a simple application. Now it’s time to look at bada in more detail and to talk about some of the key technologies that bada is built on.

For those with a background in Symbian development, whether you’ve been developing apps using Symbian C++ or Qt , you’ll find that a reassuring amount of your accumulated knowledge can be applied to bada. We won’t be attempting a feature by feature comparison, since many of the idiosyncrasies of Symbian C++ are unique to the platform, instead we’ll be concentrating on those Symbian development concepts which can also be applied to bada: the familiar foundations. If you’re moving from another platform, this article is for you too.

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Quick start guide to bada development

If you’re new to bada development, either moving your app from Symbian, or just excited by the new features coming in bada 2.0, we’d like to welcome you with our ‘Quick guide to bada development’. There’s no marketing and no tag-lines, it’s a strictly just the facts series of blog posts, which offer a quick introduction to the bada IDE and all the development resources that are at your fingertips.

Let’s dive right in and start with an introduction to the bada IDE and show you how easy it is to build a simple application skeleton and start coding.

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Samsung Developers, one week on...

One week in, how are you finding the new developer.samsung.com site? I've been told, its going to become the central destination for developers looking to get the inside scoop on all our exciting hardware - It will become the central destination for all developers working with Samsung and there are plans to expand the “Getting Started” section right away to include downloadable templates and other materials to help you get your app out there. Why not let us know what you think below? Anything we should be concentrating on? Anything you love or hate about it? Tell us how we can make your lives easier! We've got lots of useful content coming to ensure its a relevant, useful destination but are always happy to hear feedback!

Samsung Developers; Samsung’s new center for software development

SEOUL, Korea – January 27, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile provider, launched developer’s hub- ‘Samsung Developers’- on Jan. 27th , at http://developer.samsung.com  

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Free bada e-book “An Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide” Part Four

Its been an incredibly exciting last few weeks here at Samsung Mobile Innovator and we’re preparing to squirt the icing on the (virtual) cake with part four of our e-Book “Introduction to bada: A developer Guide” - its full of useful recipes that will help you out of any tight fixes you may find yourselves in – download it now from the usual - www.wiley.com/go/bada  and let us know what you think!

Free bada e-book “An Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide” Part Three

As you must have noticed by now, we’ve been getting terribly excited about the release of our book “Introduction to bada: A Beginners Guide” and have been serialising it here (www.wiley.com/go/bada). 

We’ve covered the basics of the IDE, application design and looked at what lies beyond the basics in terms of graphics, coding idioms and security.

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Free bada e-book “An Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide” Part Two

We certainly hope you've been busy reading through part one of our very own "Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide", as we are now very happy to be able to offer part two, again as a free download!!

With part one; we looked at the characteristics of mobile software in the currently congested marketplace, the bada ecosystem and building and running a simple application. With part two we will be going beyond the basics, giving details about the UI framework and using the UI builder.

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Free bada book “An Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide” to download!

(Drum Roll Please!) You can now download the first chapter of our free e-book - “An Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide” completely free of charge!

The team has been working incredibly hard on this and all of us at Samsung Mobile Innovator are very proud.

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