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Asus releases application kit for Eee PC coders

SDK to boost Xandros app list

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Asus has posted a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Eee PC, the better to help coders write new programs to run on the elfin laptop's Xandros Linux distribution.

The SDK centres on a development environment called Eclipse, and includes TrollTech's Qt for interface design. Asus is also supplying VMWare-compatible code to allow software authors to create a virtual Eee on a more powerful machine, and develop and test code there before deploying it on the sub-notebook itself.

Asus Eee PC 701

Eee PC and friend: sun, sand and syntax errors

Interestingly, the SDK's guide documentation refers not only to the Eee but also to the EP20, Asus' compact, Linux-running desktop widely seen as the anticipated desktop Eee, also known as the E-DT.

The SDK supports coding in the C and C++ languages, and the bundled guide takes novice coders through designing dialogs, writing code to underpin then and creating an icon to go with it. There's a reference for key API routines, and advice on packaging the completed app up for distribution.

The SDK is availble from SourceForge website.

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Latest Comments

I find it offensive..

... to read any article anyway connected with the Eee and NOT have the obligatory 'friend'.

By the way, syntax errors are fine. I/O errors are not. Don't play offside.

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Nah, We Need A Fresh Bimbo

I say Miley, before she becomes Britney...

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eeePC mascot

Great idea!

Maybe we can recruit Paris as the eeePC mascot.

Gods know, it's simple enough for her to use & fit into her bag, and it's something that's actually cheaper than she is...

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