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May 30, 2008 (UIQ 3) SDK Synchronizer Plug-in Posted by Tim Kelly at 04:04 PM | Categories: Carbide Plug-Ins

Eric at NewLC writes that Sony-Ericsson just released a new (UIQ 3) SDK Synchronizer plug-in. Since it just compares an existing file system with a zip archive I didn't think it was only specific to UIQ3, so I gave it a quick go on the S60 3rd FP2 SDK.

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May 15, 2008 C++ Refactoring in CDT Posted by Tim Kelly at 08:58 AM | Categories: Carbide Plug-Ins, Future directions

You may have noticed the Refactoring menu option in the context menus while using Carbide.c++. Under Carbide 1.3.x all it does is basic renaming of objects and variables. However, there is a project underway (from HSR) that adds a lot of new C++ refactoring functionality to the eclipse C/C++ tool set. You can even give it a test drive by visiting the CDT Refactoring Project website and downloading the update site and installing the plug-ins into Carbide!

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April 01, 2008 Get Carbide.c++ to do.... well anything! Posted by John Dean at 10:30 AM | Categories: Carbide Plug-Ins, General The Carbide.c++ Development Tools for SymbianOS is built upon open source standards—mainly the Eclipse platform which uses the OSI certified Eclipse Public License.  While Carbide is not open source, many of the Eclipse plug-ins it is built upon are.  Additionaly, the Carbide.c++ SDK leverages these open platforms to provide Eclipse plug-in developers and "buildmiester's" to customize the way Carbide.c++ works in their environment.

The Carbide.c++ SDK provides Eclipse plug-in developers access and control of the Carbide.c++/SymbianOS project and build environment.  Check the Carbide.c++ Help contents under Carbide.c++ Plug-in Developer Guide / Getting Started for information on setting up an Eclipse development environment for building upon the Carbide.c++ SDK.  Because Carbide.c++ is based on Eclipse and Java, a large library of plug-ins and libraries are available to assist Carbide.c++ plug-in development. 

As an automated test developer for Carbide.c++, I am essentially a Carbide.c++ plug-in developer.  Using the Carbide.c++ SDK, Abbot.swt, Eclipse and its libraries, I write Carbide.c++ plug-ins that, when installed, can run Carbide.c++ through a grueling hours-long automated validation.  There is almost no limit to what can be accomplished from within an Carbide.c++/Eclipse plug-in. 

I know of efforts outside our group, within Nokia and outside, to create Carbide.c++ plug-ins to integrate necessary tools into Carbide.c++ or to better integrate Carbide.c++ into thier build environment.  I hope to cover Carbide.c++ plug-in development more in future entries, to encourage more Carbide.c++ plug-in authoring, and to ask for feedback on what type of plug-ins customers wish Carbide.c++ had available.

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March 16, 2008 A Quick Tour of the Carbide.c++ SDK APIs Posted by Tim Kelly at 09:52 PM | Categories: Carbide Plug-Ins

Starting with Carbide.c++ release 1.2 we've introduced public APIs for Carbide 3rd party Carbide development. These APIs are also being used by internal Nokia tools teams and other Symbian OS licensees. However, I do occasionally get a technical question from plug-in developers that don't even know there are APIs to access Carbide project info. So in those cases, a quick start might help to ease into Carbide development.

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