07 July 2008

Here's a new resource for you developers!

Some really good news for all Pys60 Enthusiastic out there. A tutorials on PyS60 programming from a professional instructors on one place. Croozeus.com - "Home To Pys60 Developers" is the new online resource released to help developers build Symbian S60 applications using Python for S60.

Authored by by Pankaj Nathani and Bogdan Galiceanu, Croozeus is oriented on teaching and learning Pys60 programming for Symbian S60 Smartphones with a focus on brief practical suggestions and examples and it contains everything you need to get started with.

The tutorials are freshly prepared and in a more organized manner to learn Pys60 with ease! The tutorials are simple, extensive and contain code snippets of almost all the modules as well as some third party extensions that may be required for addition features.

Here is a short list of what the tutorials have:

• Notification, Menus and Forms
• Canvas, Content Handler and Queries
• Set app title, tabs and Set app body
• Application screen size and Application Orientation
• Text to speech, Playing and Recording sounds and setting volume
• Taking a Photo, Recording Video and Using Viewfinder
• Accessing Contacts and Adding - Deleting Contact entries
• Using the e32 Module
• Drawing, Opening and Editing an Image
• Checking the Inbox, Reading SMS, Deleting SMS and Waiting for a SMS
• Setting Logs, Retrieving Last missed calls, Retrieving Last SMS
• Sending SMS, MMS, Email
• Battery and Signal, Free Ram and Free Space, IMEI and firmware, phones, display, etc
• Making a call, Hanging up calls, Waiting for a call
• Displaying Text and showing an Image on a Window
• Avoiding Python to be terminated by Red Key and Hiding the shell
• Global Notifications and Queries

Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days.

Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code.

PyS60 is the Nokia's port of the Python language to the S60 smartphone platform. In addition to the standard features of the Python language, PyS60 provides access to many of uniquely Smartphone functions, such as camera, contacts, calendar, audio recording and playing, TCP/IP and Bluetooth communications and simple telephony.