Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver: Features

The Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver provides a set of tools for the creation, previewing, debugging, validation, packaging, and deployment of Web Runtime (WRT) widgets in Dreamweaver.

What are the new features in Nokia WRT Extension 2.0 for Adobe Dreamweaver?

Web Runtime 1.1 API support
The extension now includes full support for the Web Runtime 1.1 API, which includes S60 Platform Services 1.0 API. In addition to code completion of WRT 1.1 APIs while editing JavaScript™ code, WRT 1.1 APIs are now simulated when previewing a widget.

Nokia N97 home–screen-widget preview
The preview in Adobe Live View or an external browser provides for viewing Nokia N97 mobile computer home-screen widgets.

Touch-based interaction
Widget preview includes the ability to interact with a widget’s controls using the mouse pointer to simulate touchscreen interaction on S60 5th Edition devices.

Event simulation
The widget preview includes the ability to send events to the previewing widget for charger, SMS and MMS messaging, and memory-card events.

Console support
The widget preview now includes a JavaScript console, enabling debug messages to be viewed in the preview window.

Preview update utility
A utility is provided to update the preview features for projects created in Nokia WRT Extension 1.0 for Adobe Dreamweaver.

Improved documentation links
The extension provides links to the Web Developers Library, Flash Lite Developer’s Guide, WRTKit Developer’s Guide, a user guide, release notes, and list of devices supporting WRT, through the Dreamweaver help menu.

What are the key features of the Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver?

Support for Dreamweaver The Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver can be installed into a copy of Dreamweaver CS4 running under Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS X.

WRT widget import The extension can import an existing WRT widget project or widget package (*.wgz file) into Dreamweaver. This enables developers to leverage the Dreamweaver development environment to accelerate their WRT widget development. The import automatically adds features to the WRT widget project that allow it to take advantage of the preview features in Dreamweaver. This feature also enables collaboration between Dreamweaver users and other team members using Aptana Studio or Visual Studio.

New WRT widget wizard
New WRT widget projects can be created quickly and efficiently using a wizard. Four templates offer an empty widget, an empty widget with WRTKit, a Flickr feed example, and an RSS-feed example.

WRTKit library
This library provides developers with a set of UI resource graphics and JavaScript™ code for essential WRT widget functions. These building blocks accelerate the development of functional and attractive WRT widgets.

Web Runtime 1.1 API The extension includes support for the Web Runtime 1.1 API, which includes S60 Platform Services 1.0 API. The API is fully integrated with Dreamweaver’s code-completion features. Simulation of WRT 1.1 API functionality in the preview means comprehensive testing and debugging can be undertaken.

Convenient preview feature
Widgets can be previewed easily in Dreamweaver or a web browser. The widget preview provides for options to select a screen resolution and orientation for an S60 device from Nokia as well as the version of the emulated WRT API.

WRT API emulation environment
The inclusion of the WRT API emulation environment allows widgets to be debugged using Firebug in Firefox.

Widget validation tool A widget validation tool provides feedback on issues within a project. Validation provides information on any mandatory features that are missing as well as warnings about potential issues, such as unreferenced files. Developers are also able to validate individual HTML, JavaScript™, and CSS files using tools provided in Dreamweaver.

Integrated WRT widget packaging The extension provides an integrated packager that creates the *.wgz file necessary for deployment to a device. Using the Dreamweaver cloaking feature project files, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and documentation files, can be excluded from the widget package to optimise a widget’s size.

Integrated deployment
A packaged WRT widget can be deployed from Dreamweaver to a device using a Bluetooth connection or folder, which can be used to deploy a widget to an S60 emulator. Note, S60 platform SDKs, which include the emulator, are available for Windows PCs only.

What example applications are included in the Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver?

The Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver provides an option to create new Flickr or RSS-feed widget projects. The new projects offer fully functional widgets and can be used as the basis for creating new widgets.

In addition, example widgets are included in the SDKs for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and S60 5th Edition. Examples are also published in the Web Runtime Code Examples section of the Forum Nokia website.

What documentation is delivered in the Nokia WRT Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver?

The extension provides links to the Web Developer’s Library, Flash Lite Developer’s Guide, WRTKit Developer’s Guide, a user guide, release notes, and list of devices supporting WRT, through the Dreamweaver help menu.

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