Question

I have good knowledge on C++ (not C) and recently bought a Symbian-based phone. This gave me reasons to start learning on how to program this beast.

I have searched for Symbian programming tutorials but there is so much knowledge that it is hard to choose best for startup.

So I’m asking for hints, tips on where to start embedded/Symbian programming learning that would give me a kick-start in this topic; especially if you have this knowledge yourself.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I will merely point out a few resources that I used when I embarked on the journey to become a Symbian Developer.

1. The Learning Centre at Symbian Developer portal. There are all manners of documents, whitepapers, and tutorials there to get you up to speed with Symbian internals and application development. Also, you will eventually have to get the Symbian SDKs and dev tools from there.
2. Forum Nokia
3. NewLC.com A thriving and very helpful community of Symbian developers. It is updated sufficiently often.
4. I am glad to have got the book Accredited Symbian Developer Primer. Even though it does not delve into the depths of anything, in an amazingly small space it explains some of the most fundamental and most difficult to grasp concepts very brilliantly.