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Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0 (beta)

Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0 (beta) delivers a suite of applications that assist in the development, testing, packaging, and deployment of Nokia Asha web apps, including preparing them for distribution through Nokia Store. The key components of Nokia Asha web app tools are Web Developer Environment (WDE) and Web App Simulator (WAS).

Download Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0 (beta)

During the beta release the features to provide the capture of images and video from within web apps won't be available on earlier Series 40 platform phones supporting Xpress Browser.

Web Developer Environment

Built on the Eclipse platform, Web Developer Environment delivers the code creation tools needed to efficiently create and package web apps.

Extensive templates for new projects Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0 offers wider variety of templates for common web apps styles, which you can use to quick-start the development of your web apps. Import existing projects to take advantage of enhanced editing features.		UI Designer With the UI Designer you can build web app interfaces by dragging and dropping UI component snippets and laying them out visually, enabling you to create web apps UIs faster.
Powerful code editing With code completion and full validation, your coding will be quicker and more accurate, enabling you to build Nokia Asha web apps faster.		Comprehensive range of examples The range of web app examples has been further expanded in Nokia Asha web app tools 3.0, to illustrate use of the hard back-key and media capture. You can now easily access more examples of how to code common web app APIs and features.
Targeted HTML/CSS validation Validation of HTML and CSS includes specific Nokia Asha web apps rules. You get better feedback to ensure your web app will work optimally on Nokia Asha platform and Series 40 phones.		Partial web app upload When uploading a web app to the preview server, the Web Developer Environment only uploads changed content. This makes starting a cloud preview fast, minimising the time needed to test your web apps.
Packaging Your web apps are automatically packed by the tool and delivered in the format required for distribution through Nokia Store.		Published web apps' JAR Once your web app has been published to Nokia Store you can request a copy of the deployment JAR. This enables you to distribute your web app on websites and through other app stores.
Deploy for phone testing Completed Nokia Asha web apps can be deployed directly from the Web Developer Environment over a USB connection for testing on a Nokia Asha platform or Series 40 phone, while for Series 40 phones deployment over Bluetooth is also available.

Web App Simulator

Run your Nokia Asha web apps on a computer during development using the Web App Simulator. It simplifies functional testing and final design validation.

Phone simulation Preview your Nokia Asha web apps to see how they'll look and behave on Nokia Asha platform and Series 40 phones, and interact with the web.		Control phone features Take control of your simulation and test your web apps against all the UI variations available on the phones that support Nokia Asha web apps.
Automatic reloading Local preview are automatically reloaded as code edits are made — speeding up testing by ensuring Web App Simulator always show the latest changes.		Location simulation built-in Web App Simulator enables you to define location information to your simulated Nokia Asha web app, making testing of location-aware apps a breeze.
Debugging made easy Web App Simulator includes a custom version of Web Inspector for the easy debugging and performance analysis of your Nokia Asha web apps.

Xpress Web App Builder

Xpress Web App Builder is an online tool that guides you through the process of creating rich web apps, with no coding required. Select from a variety of templates, customise your theme, and then add clipped web content, RSS feeds, and social media information. The key features of the tool are:

• layout templates to present content, including single pane, tabbed view, and accordion view, as well as focused templates for news, pictures, and video content.
• a wide range of content widgets for clipped web content; RSS feeds; video from YouTube; pictures from Flickr, Picasa, and other photo sharing sites; and blogs from Tumblr and WordPress.
• the ability to add SMS and call capabilities, static HERE Maps, and in-app advertising from Nokia Ad Exchange.
• the option to customise your app's colour scheme, including header and font colours.
• static and dynamic previews of your app, for all supported screen resolutions.

When you've completed your web app, the tool provides a short URL for testing the app on your phone, and lets you submit the app to Nokia Publish to start the process of publication in Nokia store. However, if you want to customise your web app further, you can download the source code and import it into Nokia Asha web app tools.

Launch Xpress Web App Builder

Remote Device Access

Test on a range of Nokia Asha and Series 40 phones

With the Nokia Developer Remote Device Access Service you can connect to a comprehensive range of Nokia Asha platform and Series 40 phones over the internet. Use your web app's short URL to launch it in the Xpress Browser then run it, just as you would on your own phone, to check out its behaviour on different hardware and UI form factors.
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And don't forget that Nokia Premium Developer Program for Nokai Asha membership give you access to more phones, so you won't have to wait to start testing.