Create your own Web Runtime widgets with Aptana Studio
Late last night as I was working on some reviews I stumbled across the Aptana Studio Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) plug-in that lets you create WRT widgets for the S60 platform. I installed the free open source Aptana Studio application on my MacBook Pro and then walked through a few simple steps and created a simple RSS widget for the Nokia Experts site. You can download the widget from here.
It is pretty cool to see how you can create these widgets in just a few steps and then have something you created appear on your device. I deployed the widget to my Nokia E71 via Bluetooth and just used the default RSS setup to create my widget. There are even some basic settings in the widget, including when to check for updates (never, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 60 minutes).
I now plan to spend some time diving into the details to see what else I may be able to come up with, but have to admit it is kind of fun to create something even this basic with the limited development skills I have.
Have you created any cool widgets for your S60 devices?
7 Comments to Create your own Web Runtime widgets with Aptana Studio
Uhmmm, seems like something that would make a recent MMM post come to life pretty quickly. Too bad this dev environment needs a PC and couldn’t be flat out done on a Symbian S60 device though. I kinda like the idea of developing on a mobile something that goes on a mobile 
Actually a WRT widget is just HTML and JavaScript packed in a renamed zip file, if you really want to write one directly on the mobile you can of course do it. Make sure to use an E90 or E71 though, the keypad makes all the difference 
Also Python for S60 is one programming language option suitable for work directly on the phone.
Hello, so theoretically I can create an RSS widget that houses several feeds in one application. My goal would be to an app with my favorite Nokia blogroll, is this possible.
thanks in advance
UPFebruary 15, 2009
yes, you can create an RSS widget that has a few feeds in one widget. you can find a list of widgets here… http://widsets.mobi/library. Some of them are RSS..
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