MADDE

TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW

Introduction
This is a TECHNICAL PREVIEW of a new development tool for Maemo. MADDE stands for Maemo Application Development and Debugging Environment and offers the following features:


 * Command-line cross-compiling
 * Multi-platform support (Linux (32-bit/64-bit), Windows, Mac OS X)
 * Configurable for different targets & toolchains
 * Client for the device to simplify the development process
 * Simplicity

You are welcome to test the tool in your development process. But keep in mind that this is a technical preview. We highly appreciate your feedback in talk, the developer list and especially in bugzilla (Developer Platform -> MADDE).

Installation
1. Download the file for your operating system from:
 * MADDE downloads

2. Depending on your operating system:


 * Windows:
 * Execute the downloaded file and follow the instructions


 * Linux, Mac OS X 
 * Open the terminal and run:

sh 

3. Start the environment


 * Windows
 * Find the MADDE terminal in:
 * Start -> Programs -> MADDE -> MADDE terminal


 * A general information for Windows users: Projects, which are created in MADDE are stored in:
 * C:\MADDE\0.5\home\


 * Linux, Mac OS X
 * Use the terminal to run the MADDE commands as described in the guides.

Guides

 * Guide: Configuration of the development environment
 * Guide: Using the template for a small Qt example
 * Guide: Connecting MADDE with your device