- Paperback: 348 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (19 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0470515058
- ISBN-13: 978-0470515051
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 2.2 x 23.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 737,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mobile Python is the introduction of Python programming language to the mobile space. This practical hands–on book teaches readers how to realize their application ideas on the Symbian OS. Programming on the Symbian mobile platform has been difficult and time consuming in the past. This innovative new title will remedy this problem.
Chapters deal with topics that are based on Python S60 features and presented in an order that lets the user learn first the “simple to code” ones and then increasing in complexity.
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This book teaches you how to program your own applications easily on Nokia smartphones based on Symbian OS and the S60 platform. A wide range of smartphone functionalities re covered, including camera, sound and graphics, Bluetooth, Internet, Positioning, messaging and reading of incoming SMS. Over 100 inspiring and fully working application examples are provided that can be instantly executed on your S60 phone.
Mobile Python provides you with a light and engaging hands–on coding style that gets you up and running quickly and increases your ski8ll in a smooth and fast manner.
You will soon reap the benefits and feel inspired through the style and the ready–to–use programs throughout the chapters. The skills learned also help you to enter the path of open innovation, mad experimentation, and community–oriented development.
Mobile Python enables you to take control of your smartphone. Dive in, download, develop, upload and enjoy!
Mobile Python – Rapid Prototyping of Applicants on the Mobile Platform introduces Python, the popular open source programming language, to the mobile space.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent book,
By Steve "Steve" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
This is one of the best programming books I've ever read. Everything is so clearly explained you never feel lost as you often do with so many other programming texts.
It's amazing what you can do so simply with Python and a Nokia Symbian mobile.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mobile application development finally made simple,
This review is from: Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
This is an excellent modern-day programming book that aims at getting code to run as soon as possible and then expanding the user's knowledge and skills in carefully crafted, suitably sized steps, using plenty of practical example applications that exercixe all features of modern smartphones. It lays a great foundation to learning mobile phone Python programming at a level that the reader chooses.
Of course, part of the book's appeal is because of Python, a very simple and elegant programming language that doesn't need 50 pages to explain the syntax, concepts and application architecture. Instead, you just go straight to the task and write a couple on clean lines to do simple looking things that would require a hundred times longer program and many working hours, if implementd using some other "more efficient" language (especially Symbian C++). And what may be more even important in the long run: the resulting scripts are very easy to understand, maintain and develop further as years go by. All in all, the book is accurate, easy to read, inspiring and gives the reader clear paths in her/his skill development. Whether you just want to figure out what mobile Pyhon is and can do, or wish to start a career as a mobile Python expert, this is the book to start with.
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Great Resource!,
By David C - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
After reading a few of the authors tutorials on the web and enjoying their clear and straightforward style I decided to buy the book. I have not been disappointed! I learn best by examples and this book is packed with useful ones. The book is easy to read, gets to the point, and the examples are short and work without errors. One of my largest complaints with programming books is that they include large amounts of code to just pad the space... which I'm happy to say that this book does not do.
Some parts I found really useful were the portions on network programming and bluetooth. I would have liked to have seen more examples of extending Python with C++. Since I found several interesting features that were supported in C++ but not in Python I had to write a few extensions. Another thing people often ask if how does the book compare to just searching the internet. I have gotten alot of the same information doing internet searches before obtaining the book, but the quality is not as good, not as clear or concise. In conclusion, this book has been informative and a pleasure to read (which I have never said before about a technical book).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book on using Python on Nokia,
By !linux_user - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
Hands down, this is a good book. If you want to control your S60 phone with python this is exactly the book you want to buy. For that matter, if you are just looking for an easy programming language and platform for interfacing with your phone, try python, S60, and this book.
Specifically, this book is well designed and covers a very specific subject very well, and it is not 700 or 800 pages like a lot of fat computer books. It is somewhat pricey, and you can get some of the information from the web, but this book is concise, practical and will get you up and programming your phone in 0 time. Want to control SMS messaging, inbox, camera, microphone, dialing - This is it in just a few lines. Python can really do a great amount. I used it to control the lighting patterns of 16 different strands of Christmas lights from my phone. I have used python for several years and have about 8 or 9 python books, and this is a good one. The only thing that is a little bit of a pain is the signing process for the apps. I have an E71, which I recommend for its hardware GPS, wifi, etc. The screen fonts are somewhat small. Anyway, I bought the phone to use with python with after learning about python for S60. I used the web for some info and located this book. I purchased the book and haven't regretted it. If you already know python, this book does not bore you with beginner stuff, but at the same time, the examples use pretty elementary python for the most part so someone new to the language could certainly get up to speed and controlling sms messaging, etc very quickly. Good luck! 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excelente literatura para los que queremos desarrollar con Python en celulares.,
By Pablo Caraballo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mobile Python: Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform (Symbian Press) (Paperback)
Excelente, el libro es muy bueno; aunque hasta el capitulo 3, muchas cosas están ya en Internet. Las explicaciones del libro hacen que la inversión haya valido la pena. En el capítulo 10 hay un script, de 5 lineas, para actualizar datos en el celular que paga el costo del libro. Seguiré leyendo y espero encontrar muchas más nuevas novedades.
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