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Maemo 6 Developer Guide table of contents

This article is out-of-date, and needs to be updated. Please see the talk page for discussion.

This is a proposed table of contents for the Maemo 6 developers guide. There is an ongoing related discussion on talk.maemo.org.

[edit] Rationale

The developer guide is set up to answer two main questions for a developer of Maemo:

1. What do I need to do to be able to write my first Maemo application
2. What can the Maemo platform do?

The proposed table of contents has two main sections: Getting started & prerequisites, and an in-depth guide to components of the Maemo platform, from a functional point of view.

1. Setup
   1. Hardware
      1. PC
      2. Mac
      3. Windows
   2. SDK
      1. Install
      2. Code
         1. C
         2. C++
         3. Python
   3. Getting Src
      1. DVCS
   4. Compile + Build
   5. Package
   6. Delivery
      1. Extras Repository
      2. Ovi
   7. Test
      1. Tools
      2. Process
      3. QA
   8. Appendix: Reference Links

      Including

      1. Detailed Reference Material
      2. UI Guidance
      3. UX Links

1. Lego
   1. Software Architecture (top-down approach)
   2. Flow Suggestion

      Start with 'upstream' and core linux

      1. gtk
      2. dbus
      3. kernel

      Move on to Maemo services. Focus on high level APIs first and move on to deeper ones (reflects order of interaction for dev)

      1. location
         1. (library / interfaces / api)
         2. best practice
         3. tutorial / example
      2. telephony
      3. gpio
      4. multimedia framework
      5. contacts
2. Appendix Machine Architecture
3. Integration Tutorial