What you need to know about the webOS PDK
Updated: 2010-02-27 20:48:26
Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to first column Skip to second column webOShelp.net Get the latest : on Home News and Rumors webOS News and Rumors Palm News and Rumors Pure Speculation Forums Tutorials Resources Overview API Reference Mojo Services API UI Widget List CSS Style Reference webOS Glossary Frequently Asked Questions Palm Pre Specifications Other webOS resources About Us About This Site Contact Us Wanted : You Home Article Listing What you need to know about the webOS PDK What you need to know about the webOS PDK Saturday , 27 February 2010 Ken Young Palm has announced that they will be releasing a Plug-in Development Kit for webOS developers , allowing them to take advantage of new capabilities on webOS devices . 160 What does this mean for application developers : Lots Easy to port existing C C++ applications to webOS , including those that use OpenGL ES 1.1 or 2.0 Easy integration of C C++ components to enhance the capability of webOS applications built with Mojo This means hardware accelerated games and other applications that require more computing horsepower than Mojo can provide . 160 Check out the technologies behind the PDK after the . break The
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JAVASCRIPT:
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HTML:
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