Pro
Speed
The current machine is about 20% faster, and the project is a bit smaller. However, AutoCompletition really is MUCH MUCH faster now! Generally, PODS feels much zippier-compilation and startup really takes less time.
AutoCompletition
While it still can’t quite match Visual Studio 6’s IntelliSense, AutoCompletition seems to take quite a step forward here. It now provides much more useful results!
Contra
Compiling/running
Here we have the first big bug. The PODS cannot connect to PalmOS 5 and 6 Simulator on a Windows XP SP2 machine, the application never reaches the simulator. This-obviously-makes PODS useless for a developer!
C compiler
The C compiler is bonkers, just plain bonkers. Code that compiled really well in PODS 1.1, now creates loads and loads of insane warnings in PODS 1.2. If you don’t handle all enumeration values in a switch statement, PODS refuses to compile. If you have an unusd function in a project, PODS refuses to compile. The list is long-thus, if you want to reuse existing code, this is not an option!
Resource editor
The resource editor was a discussion topic in the developer list for quite some time. Indeed, working with it is very uncomfortable. You select a new control, and it sometimes doesnt update the selection pointer. Thus, all the changes that you make go to a wrong control-this is lovely. Moving controls,… can be a painful process!
Overall, I would stay with PODS 1.1 if it works for you now-this upgrade is not sensational. The new release of the Palm OS Developer Studio adds a bit of speed-at an insane price. A C compiler that really is extremely picky about code, a resource editor that sometimes simply doesnt do what it is supposed to and a simulator that simply doesnt work are things that can make your life very very ugly fast. The speed increase is nice, people-but is speed really all that matters?
Please post your own experiences. Posting at TamsPalm’s is free and anonymous!
Meine ersten Eindrücke:
Pro
Speed
Etwa 20% Geschwindigkeitszuwachs, und Projekte werden kleiner. Auto-Vervollständigen ist viel schneller, und es wird auch schneller gestartet.
Auto-Vervollständigen
Nicht so gut wie IntelliSense von Visual Studio 6, aber es scheint einen Schritt vorangekommen zu sein. Es kommen bessere Ergebnisse!
Kontra
Kompilieren/Starten
Erster Fehler: PODS kann keine Programme zum Simulator für PalmOS 5 / 6 übertragen (Windows XP SP 2 Gerät). Nutzlos für Entwickler!
C-Compiler
Code, der in PODS 1.1 wunderbar funktioniert bringt Warnungen, und es wird nicht immer kompiliert. Wenn man alten Code weiterverwenden will, ist es nicht empfehlenswert.
Ressourcen-Editor
Der Ressourcen-Editor ist schon länger ein Thema in der Entwicklerliste. Kein optimales Arbeiten ist damit möglich. Es gibt Probleme beim Verschieben von Feldern, das Arbeiten macht nicht gerade Spaß.
Das Update ist nichts besonderes, wer also PODS 1.1 hat und bei dem es läuft, der sollte nicht wechseln. Es ist etwas schneller, dafür hat man Probleme mit dem C compiler, wenn der Code nicht 100% richtig ist, der Ressourcen-Editor funktioniert nicht und der Simulator auch nicht. Geschwindigkeit ist gut - aber nicht alles.
Senden Sie uns Ihre Erfahrungen!
I am assuming you are talking about m68k development. There has been no change in compiler between PODS 1.1 and 1.2. It is still m68k-palmos-gcc from prc-tools. If it is pickier in PODS 1.2 it is because of changed default compiler settings. Check your CFLAGS variable in the (generated) Makefile. I myself am from the old command line school, so I am using standard make projects and not managed make. With standard make you can control all the compiler options yourself. Maybe you can set some compiler options in a managed make project.
Hi,
as said: I am back in vienna and dont have access to the machine for at least two more weeks;)
Anyways, the project was 68k of course…
Best regards and thanks for talking back
Tam Hanna