Carbide.c++ provides a host of functionality when it comes to designing, writing, compiling, and debugging Symbian OS based applications for mobile devices. In addition there are tools for evaluating your applications performance, memory, and energy usage to make them run faster and use less resources.
However, while there are a lot of tools included with Carbide.c++ you may have ideas of your own that you'd like to develop and use. Since Carbide is based upon Eclipse, a highly extensible open framework, you can develop tools and employ them inside the Carbide environment where they can operate alongside the standard tools. Best of all, you can do this all within the famliiar Carbide IDE.
To effectively write Carbide tool plug-ins you will need:
Download the CDK to get started developing your own Carbide tool plug-ins using the instructions below.
The CDK contains all the resources you need to write Carbide tool plug-ins. To download:
NOTE If you experience problems connecting to the updater site, verify that the connection settings are correct in the Network Connections preference panel before trying again. This is especially important if a proxy setting is required to connect to the internet.
Carbide downloads and asks for permission to install the CDK. Once installed, it asks you to restart Carbide to load the new plug-ins.
To learn more about writing Carbide tool plug-ins, see the Help > Carbide Tools > Carbide.c++ Plug-in Developer Guide installed by the CDK. It provides more detailed information on writing Carbide tool plug-ins.