Originally Posted by CTL Advance:
WebOS help.net is also very complicated when you are trying to find usefull information. I was using that for about a week then I decided to but the book yesterday. Best 18 (Online and PDF) I ever spent.
Here is how to judge on the book:
Can you run with WebOShelp.net?
Do you need more structure to start out with? (buy the book) then you can go back to weboshelp.net for a ref. All about dev preference.
I see...
Well I personally started with just the HelloWorld sample app for the structure and honestly learned everything off of that (plus the other sample apps) to build a basic (albeit shaky) foundation. After that I just went on WebOShelp.net for a reference (once or twice) and to be honest, it wasn't that helpful, since it is extremely incomplete and non-descriptive. To be honest, the best thing that I found for reference is the javascript help files in the [code]Palm/SDK/share/framework/javascripts[/code] folder. There's a huge list of assistants in there with commented samples on each function, how to use it, how to call it, how to initiate it and how to listen to it. I've built 1.5 apps with widgets completely off of those instructions before I even saw WebOShelp.net.
I guess it is up to Dev. preference, I'm just coming off of the mindset that if I don't necessarily NEED to spend money, I shouldn't have to. Especially since I only plan on developing simple lightweight freeware apps for reference/convenience/fun more than heavy computational apps. So for me, the samples and maybe WebOShelp.net as a reference (if it eventually becomes more robust) should be more than adequate.