The K-Zone: My first Qtopia application -- how to get started with Qtopia development

This article provides a step-by-step guide to authoring, testing, and packaging a (very) simple Qtopia application to run on the Archos PMA430. Some of the article applies also to the Sharp Zaurus range, but the Zaurus does not support file transfer over USB out of the box, while the PMA430 does, so you'd need to make your own arrangements for getting your applications onto the device for testing. %-para% I assume that the reader will be using a Linux system to carry out the development, for various reasons. Not least is the fact that I don't think any zero-cost tools for Qtopia development are available for any other platform. What's more, I don't use Microsoft Windows at all, so I don't really know enough about it to comment.
I also assume you have at least a passing familiarity with C++; you'll be able to carry out the steps I describe without it (but they might not make a lot of sense). Qtopia relies extensively on object-oriented programming concepts like classes and instances, so to do serious Qtopia development you'd have to be prepared to get to grips with this stuff at some point.