The Nokia Carbide c++ is an Eclipse-based IDE designed primarily for developers of Symbian devices. The Carbide c++ version is more lightweight, supports plug-ins and debugging with Eclipse EDC. The Nokia Carbide c++ features new application templates, fully featured debugger, powerful code editing and Symbian build tools support. It also features a Carbide c+++ Portal where plug-in extensions are available and can be downloaded. Some of the plug-in extensions available are the Code Scanner, AP Query Tool, Dependency Analyzer (appdep) and the Performance Investigator. System requirements for Carbide c++ installation include a 1.8 GHz processor, 700 MB of free disk space (a total of 2.2 GB disk space is needed if no SDK is installed), 2 GB of RAM and the Symbian SDK or S60. Nokia Carbide c++ will run in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
The Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) plug ins enable the creation of widgets on the S60 platform using a portable application framework. This Webkit web browser allows installation of widgets, management of applications and allows access to device features using a JavaScript API. Using Nokia Web Runtime allows developers to customize web pages so they can be installed on phones, appear readable on phones and run as a standalone application. There are three primary Nokia Web Runtime plug ins – Nokia WRT plug in 2.0 for Aptana Studio, Nokia WRT plug in for Microsoft Visual Studio and the Nokia WRT extension for Adobe Dreamweaver. The Nokia Web Runtime plug ins have versions available for 32- or 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7; 64-bit Apple Mac OS X 10.6 and 32-bit Ubuntu Linux 10.04.
Nokia Symbian rcomp is a program generally classified as an application development tool, and the specific features integrated into this program allow Symbian software developers to compile mobile application projects. Most of these Symbian application development programs work with the epocrc program, a tool used to create resource code and pass it to C++ reprocessors, which is in turn compiled with the use of Nokia Symbian rcomp. Once compiled using this software, the mobile application can be processed with the features integrated into the createsis program, which is an application that can be used to develop signed installers of the application. These installation packages are saved in the SIS format. Nokia Symbian rcomp was developed for the compilation of application projects intended for supported Nokia devices that run on compatible Symbian systems.