Beginning BlackBerry Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals) - Brossura

Rizk, Anthony

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1430272252 ISBN 13: 9781430272250

Casa editrice: Apress, 2009

Riassunto

Are you a Java programmer looking for a new challenge and money-making opportunity? If so, Beginning BlackBerry Development may just be the book for you. This book will teach you everything you need to know to start developing apps that run on the BlackBerry family of devices and smartphones. With over 50 million BlackBerry devices sold and the launch of the new BlackBerry App World, there has never been a more exciting time to get into BlackBerry application development. Assuming only some programming background in Java or a similar language, this book starts with the basics, offering step-by-step tutorials that take you through downloading and installing the BlackBerry development environment, creating your first apps, and exploring the BlackBerry APIs. You'll learn how to use the BlackBerry user interface components to create the look and feel you want; how to use networking to create applications that can talk to servers anywhere on the internet; how to manage application lifecycle and data storage; and how to use the GPS and mapping functionality included on many devices to create location-aware applications. You'll also learn about the different ways you can package and distribute your apps, from deploying apps on your own website to listing your apps for sale on BlackBerry App World. What you'll learn Complete BlackBerry native application development How to work with the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) and the JDE Plug-in for Eclipse How to debug your apps, and deploy onto real devices How to work with networking, GPS and maps, and persistent storage How to work with and customize the BlackBerry UI Ways to distribute your apps, from hosting on your own website to listing on BlackBerry App World Who this book is for Software developers who have little or no experience with BlackBerry development and are interested in developing native applications or apps for BlackBerry. Ideally, you'll have

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Informazioni sull'autore

Anthony Rizk has been developing for BlackBerry since the very first models appeared in 2001. He is a cofounder of several mobile software companies, including Rove and Zeebu, and has consulted extensively in the BlackBerry application industry.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Apress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1430272252
• ISBN 13: 9781430272250
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264
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