Good programmers choose good tools, and one of the best high-level language tools on Palm OS is NS Basic/Palm. It's a really nice system for doing application development, and it does a good job of taking advantage of Palm OS's features.
Today, they have posted their V4.4 release to the web. New features include:
- Support for the input manager, allowing application to use the full screen area on 320x480 devices.
- Support for reading GPS data on Garmin iQue devices
- Updates to their grid control to support showing and hiding grid lines
- Support for frmUpdateEvents when redrawing of a form might be needed
The update is free for NS Basic/Palm 4.x users, but requires a update charge for users of earlier versions.
A quick NS/Basic testimonial: when I got 4.1 earlier this year, I decided to test it by building a clock application that would show the current date and time using the RickDate system. It took me about thirty minutes to get the application running from the time I started installing NS/Basic to having it up and going on the emulator. I wasn't totally happy with the final UI that I got in NS/Basic, but it solved my immediate problem in an efficient manner.