| Product |
Author
|
Language(s)
|
Desktop
Version
|
Mobile
Version
|
Has IDE
|
License
|
Comment
|
| Palm
SDK |
Palm
|
C
C++
|
|
|
|
Freeware
|
A must-have.
Includes mandatory documentation such as Companion
and Reference. |
| Palm
CDK |
Palm
|
C
C++
Java
Visual Basic
|
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Requires Visual C++,
Visual Basic or Visual Café Pro. |
| Palm
Desktop SDK |
Palm
|
C
C++
|
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Development of add-ons
for Palm Desktop. Requires Visual Basic or C++. |
| PRC-Tools |
Jeff Dionne et al
|
C
C++
|
|
|
|
GPL
|
Best way to get started...
for free. Requires Palm SDK and GCC |
| CodeWarrior |
MetroWerks
|
C
C++
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
It has everything.
Great tool if you can afford it! |
| PocketC |
OrbWorks
|
C
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
Develop both on desktop
and palmtop. There's also a PocketPC edition, which means
it's a good solution for cross-platform development. |
| OnBoardC |
Roger Lawrence
|
C
|
|
|
|
GPL
|
Develop in C on your palmtop. |
| J2ME |
Sun
|
Java
|
|
|
|
Freeware
|
Best way to develop cross-platform apps. |
| JBuilder |
Borland
|
Java
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
J2ME, MIDP, CLDC compliant |
| VisualAge |
IBM
|
Java
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
|
| HSPascal |
Christen Fihl
|
Pascal
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
One of the best Pascal tools for Palm. |
| Palmphi |
Eduardo Terol
|
C
(Other for predefined objects)
|
|
|
|
Freeware for non-commercial
use
|
Desktop tool for visual design and PalmOS
code generation. |
| CASL |
Wagware Systems Inc & Brainyware LLC |
Visual IDE
Visual Basic-like |
|
|
|
Commercial
Freeware with popup
|
A crossplatform IDE for developing apps for Palm, PocketPC and Windows |
| Satellite
Forms |
PumaTech |
Visual Basic-like |
|
|
|
Commercial |
A solution for Rapid Application Development. |
| AppForge |
AppForge |
Visual Basic |
|
|
|
Commercial |
Fully VB compliant, allows to develop
cross-platform apps. |
| HB++ |
Peter
Holmes Consulting |
Visual
Basic-like |
|
|
|
Commercial |
Real 68000 Compiler
and native support of PalmOS APIs. |
| NS Basic |
NS Basic Corporation |
Visual Basic |
|
|
|
Commercial |
Easy to use develoment tools. Standard and structured BASIC. |
| SmallBasic |
Nicholas Christopoulos |
Basic |
|
|
|
GPL |
It's Basic, it's free, it runs on the
palmtop... |
| HotPaw Basic |
Ron Nicholson |
Basic |
|
|
|
Commercial |
Development tool for Basic. Source code can be written in PalmOS memos... cool! |
| LispMe |
Fred
Bayer Informatics |
Lisp |
|
|
|
GPL |
Great implementation
of this unique language. Gives access to almost all Palm
APIs. |
| Quartus
Forth |
Neal Bridges |
Forth |
|
|
|
Commercial |
For the aficionados of post-fixed notation! |
| Pocket
Smalltalk |
Andrew
Brault |
Smalltalk |
|
|
|
Freeware |
Runs on both desktop
and palmtop. |
| PQA
Builder |
Palm |
Web Clipping |
|
|
|
Freeware |
Compiles "wireless-enhanced"
HTML pages into a .PQA database |
| PILA |
Darrin
Massena |
68K
cross-assembler |
|
|
|
Freeware |
For those who need
to develop the most performant subroutines or apps. |
| Oracle
8i Lite |
Oracle |
SQL |
|
|
|
Commercial |
|
| Sybase
SQL Anywhere Studio |
Sybase |
SQL |
|
|
|
Commercial |
|
| Palm
OS Programmer's FAQ |
Warren Young, Wade Hatler et al. |
Not language-specific |
 |
|
|
Freeware |
Online FAQ with excellent explanations |
