Tools for Mobile Web Developers

Nokia WRT Plug-in 2.2 for Aptana Studio

In addition to providing full support for creating, editing, testing, validating, packaging, and deploying widgets, the plug-in supports development for the latest WRT widget features. Code completion includes the full set of Web Runtime 1.1 APIs, including those for platform services. The preview provides support for the home-screen view, sample data for the platform services APIs, and the ability to create device events. The latest version is also compatible with computers running Linux based Ubuntu 8.04 and Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

With Nokia WRT Plug-in 2.2 for Aptana Studio, creating WRT widgets has never been easier or more productive.

For more information, go to the Nokia WRT Plug-in for Aptana Studio page »

Nokia WRT Extension 2.0 for Adobe Dreamweaver

WRT widget development in Adobe Dreamweaver is now simple and straightforward. The Nokia WRT Extension (which is also available from Adobe Marketplace & Exchange) provides features for creating, editing, testing, validating, packaging, and deploying widgets. The latest version updates code completion to include support for the full set of Web Runtime 1.1 APIs, including those for platform services. The preview, which takes place in Adobe Live View, provides support for the home-screen view, sample data for the platform services APIs, and the ability to create device events.

Using the power of Adobe Dreamweaver, web developers can now easily create WRT widgets and take their web sites or services mobile with significantly less effort. In addition, the extension is available as versions for the Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian languages. (Non-English versions are currently for Nokia WRT Extension 1.0 only.)

For more information, go to the Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver page »

Nokia WRT Plug-in 2.0 for Visual Studio

Web developers who have chosen Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 as their development platform, can now plug-in features that dramatically simplify the process of creating WRT widgets. The plug-in adds to Visual Studio the tools required to create or import, edit, preview, debug, validate, package, and deploy WRT widgets. The latest version of the plug-in provides code completion for the WRT 1.1 API, integrates widget validation with Visual Studio’s live error reporting, and includes a Gecko based preview browser. The preview browser enables developers to fully test a widget within Visual Studio, with features including home-screen-view preview, simulated device data, and a JavaScript console.

Working in the familiar Visual Studio environment, the Nokia WRT Plug-in enables web developers to concentrate on delivering compelling widgets to S60 devices. In addition, the plug-in is available as versions for the Chinese (simplified and traditional), German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian languages. (Non-English versions are currently for Nokia WRT Plug-in 1.0 only.)

For more information, go to the Nokia WRT Plug-in for Visual Studio page »

Nokia Platform Services 2.0

Nokia Platform Services 2.0 provides an intuitive and easy-to-learn set of JavaScript APIs for accessing key device data and information, such as location information and contact records. The API offers access to device information through the addition of just one or two lines of JavaScript code to a widget.

The API is available for use on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the Nokia N97 mobile computer as well as in the S60 5th Edition SDK for Symbian OS. Nokia Platform Services 2.0 will ship on future S60 5th Edition devices from Nokia.

For more information, go to the Nokia Platform Services page »

ApiBridge

ApiBridge is a component that enables Web Runtime widgets to communicate with a set of Symbian OS plug-ins. Using ApiBridge developers can extend the capabilities of their WRT widgets to upload files to a website; capture video, images, and audio; read files resident on a device; resize images; access and create thumbnail images; access a device’s log information; access a device’s location; and access media on a device.

The tool package includes the JavaScript™ code that should be included in every widget that wants to make use of ApiBridge and a SIS file that adds the plug-ins to Symbian devices.

The plug-ins SIS file and any widget can be installed separately. To simplify installation, the ApiBridge package includes skeleton code for creating a single SIS file to install the plug-ins and any widget using them.

Download ApiBridge here »
For more information, go to the Forum Nokia wiki article ApiBridge Web Runtime API »

Web Runtime and web tools

S60 SDKs

The S60 Platform SDKs for Symbian OS provide full emulation of the Web Browser for S60. These enable you to test website optimisations on a Windows PC without the need for an S60 device or a mobile network connection. Web pages can be accessed from files stored locally on a Windows PC or on a web server located on a LAN or the internet.

Web tools

Series 40 SDKs

The Series 40 SDKs provide emulators that include implementations of the browsers available on Series 40 devices. These enable you to test your website optimisations on your PC without the need for a Series 40 device or mobile network connection. Web pages can be accessed from a local Windows PC or directly from a web server located on a LAN or the internet.

A Series 40 ‘lite’ browsing application is available in the Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 or earlier SDKs, and the Web Browser for Series 40 is available in the Series 40 6th Edition SDK.

Tools for *.mobi users

If you have chosen to present your mobile site in a *.mobi domain, check out mobiForge, which provides a number of tools to help in developing and testing mobile sites.