"We got some early clues about the platform SDK from a developer
shortly after the launch, but those few tantalizing hints weren't
enough to satisfy the techno-lust of those of us who are eagerly
awaiting the public SDK launch. Fortunately, Palm has decided to
give us a sweet hit of the good stuff with new technical details
that have been published at the Palm Developer Network website.
"The new documentation is the first chapter of a book about
webOS that is being authored by Palm CTO Mitch Allen in
collaboration with the O'Reilly publishing company. The chapter
provides a basic overview of the webOS platform and introduces its
intriguing application model and some of the basic terminology
behind its user interface paradigms.
"Palm's webOS leverages standards-based web technologies and
allows third-party developers to build complete applications using
a mix of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It uses a custom JavaScript
framework called Mojo and bundles some popular third-party
JavaScript libraries, including Prototype."
