A Basic WebOS Application and the Depot
A lot of people are trying to understand how to write applications for WebOS so I figured the very first tutorial I would create for this site would be a simple walk-through of creating a very basic application. I am going to go a bit deeper than just a basic application like they cover in the Hello World example. The application created in this walk-through will explain the concepts behind creating a basic application, explaining what each part is and why you have to do it that way. I will also introduce the Depot in this walk-through. Are you ready?
The Tools I Use
Everyone will have their own set of tools that they use and they do not have to be the same as mine, however please note that I am not going to give the terminal commands for pushing the app to the emulator etc. My tools do that all for me and allow me to focus on developing my application.
The very first thing you should install is the Palm Developer SDK which you can get from the Palm Developer Website. For my Editor I use Komodo IDE with the very nice add-on that Templarian has created. If you do not have a license for Komodo IDE you can use the free version of Komodo Edit. You can download the add-on on Templarian's website and installing is as easy as dragging and dropping on your editor window. The last thing I use is a file that you import into your editor that provides code completion for your editor. You can download this file here. Please note that you want to click the Download link and download the rawmojo.zip file. Installation instructions can be found on the same page. You can ignore the tool-kit as the tool-kit is the ancestor of the add-on.
Once you have these things installed you are all ready to start developing your first WebOS application.