When it comes to creating a full application for an operating system, no one makes it easier than Palm. They have received a lot of publicity for the sole fact that their new smartphone operating system is primarily focused on standard web technologies. This allows developers to get started very quickly with languages they are already familiar with. As if using html, CSS, html5 and JavaScript was not enough, now they have released Ares.

Ares is a development environment that is fully hosted inside of an Internet browser.

Ares Features:

  • Complete integrated development environment
    • Drag-and-drop interface builder
    • Code editor
    • Visual debugger
    • Log viewer
    • Source control integration
  • Fingertip access to the full library of Mojo UI widgets
  • Push-button project & scene creation
  • Drag-and-drop file upload
  • Instant project upload & download for seamless desktop/cloud workflow
  • Preview apps in the browser
  • Run apps directly on the webOS emulator or device (requires SDK installation)
  • Use Ares in Safari, Chrome or Firefox

This past weekend it was released to Beta status and anyone can try it after registering for the Palm Developer Network. When it comes to developing an application it is hard for it to get much easier than Ares. Palm has gone above and beyond any other mobile device manufacture to make it this way so that developers will get involved with the webOS platform. While easy, it is still powerful and is only going to be getting more powerful as time goes on.

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