## Getting Started

The Symbian OS plug-ins for the Eclipse environment help provide support for developers to create and build C++ programs that run on Symbian OS.

The plug-ins provide the following support to Symbian OS developers:

- Project Support: developers can create new Symbian OS projects based on provided templates. Projects can also be imported from the traditional bld.inf file formats.

- Build Support: The Symbian OS plug-ins eliminate the need to use command line build tools to ease Symbian OS development. Programs can be built and run from within the IDE. The developer can also choose to build the binary automatically while saving the project.

- SDK Support: users of the Carbide.c++ IDE can use a predefined series of supported SDKs. Developers can choose which of their installed SDKs to work with for a particular project.

Documentation is available in the C/C++ Development Toolkit User Guide (CDT) for the Symbian OS plug-ins that work with the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT). Programming for Symbian OS based platforms is described in the documentation supplied with the development kit that you use. Please consult that documentation for further information on Symbian OS concepts and development processes.