When rolling out TV services, operators are frequently challenged with the need to
rapidly develop a stable, reliable platform whilst at the same time being driven by
the consumer to produce compelling and dynamic content.
The ANT Content Developer Kit (CDK) complements the power and flexibility of the ANT Galio Platform with a comprehensive set of tools, guides and tutorials. Available for both Windows and Linux systems, it enables rapid development of applications and services for deployment on a target TV platform, delivering significant time-to-market advantages and cost savings.
THE CHALLENGES
Reduce development time of TV applications and services
Simplify product design and development
Test the target system’s performance during development
Ensure solutions will behave as intended when deployed
View content on a target device as it’s written
THE SOLUTION
Use powerful debug features to pinpoint errors in real time
View the document tree and trace the application hierarchy
Chart memory usage in real time
Run and control applications “on target”
Set conditional break points to capture intermittent events
Ignore non-critical stops in scripts
Emulate user interaction with a virtual remote control or keyboard
WHAT IS THE ANT CONTENT DEVELOPER KIT?
The ANT Content Developer Kit (CDK) is a powerful interactive tool for TV application
developers that greatly assists them in developing, testing, debugging and optimising their
applications. Executing on a Windows or Linux desktop PC, and running a dedicated
protocol over a TCP socket, the ANT Galio CDK can connect with both target platforms and
simulator platforms (“on target” and “off target”).
Features Overview
JavaScript Debug Features
Debugger automatically stops and highlights syntax or runtime errors when running JavaScript
JavaScript code complete
Create breakpoints, manually break execution, ignore or set conditional break points in code and track events
Step through code at breakpoints – step into, step over, step out or continue
Set system variable watches, see what functions have been called, or show variables at breakpoints
Debug content running locally or remotely on the target device
Document Tree Viewer
Display currently loaded DOM tree
Expand or collapse elements and search objects
Display variables, CSS properties and HTML attributes for each node, run XPath queries
Log debug messages from DOM Debug object
View frames and iFrames
Web Applications Framework (WAFER) Tree Viewer
View loaded WAFERs in current application
Load additional applications in project
Unload, reload or kill applications in project
Show or Hide applications in active applications list
Displayed Objects
JavaScript Object Inspector allows objects to be inspected from variables view and quick watch window
Magnifier Tool, useful for checking sizes, positions and colours
The CSS Property View allows values to be changed
View Style Cascades to see what style has been applied to individual elements
Project Management
Import source files from local or remote sources
Overwrite or refresh local files
Publish local files to a remote site
External Tool launching
Virtual Remote Controller
Simulate data entry and user interaction with a virtual remote controller
Customise the button layout or functionality
Chart Memory Usage
Show dynamic use memory during application execution
Expand view of recorded data between specific time points
For more information on the ANT Content Developer Kit email info@antplc.com