Steve Babin's clear and practical approach made his original book very popular with those new to Symbian OS. An invaluable resource, Developing Software for Symbian OS 2nd Edition includes sections about the architecture of Symbian OS, the build environment, Symbian OS strings, buffers and data collections, platform security, asynchronous programming using active objects and threads, the client-server framework and GI application programming.

The book describes and solves the challenges a beginner faces and introduces the key concepts needed to create applications for Symbian smartphones. It provides clear advice and practical solutions, and full sample code is available for download from the Symbian Developer Network website (developer.symbian.com).

Get yourself ahead with  the perfect introduction to developing software for Symbian OS.

About the Author

Steve Babin works at IBM developing enterprise software for smartphones based on Symbian OS and MIcrosoft Windows Mobile. He has a BSEE from Louisiana State University and over 20 years of software development and leadership experience on a variety of products - including medical devices, Java accelerators, avionics, Internet appliances, and system-on-chip silicon devices - using numerous operating systems. Steve is married to Sharon and has a daughter named Hillary. They live in Austin, TX. He is an Accredited Symbian Developer.