Posts Tagged ‘Eclipse’

BlackBerry Web Plug-Ins For Eclipse and Visual Studio Now Available

December 7th, 2009 BBerryNews

BlackBerry Web Plugin version 2.0 Beta 1

BlackBerry Web Plugin version 2.0 Beta 1 has been released for both Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio.

The BIG news for this release is the new support for building BlackBerry® Widget projects.  These tools will allow you to create BlackBerry Widgets in a much more automated manner compared to calling the BlackBerry Widget SDK via the command line. We have also added a getting started page that will appear when you start using the tooling that will connect you with the right online resources, forums and content to speed your widget development.

To make a long story short BlackBerry development should become much easier as the new Web Plugins make easier to create, debug and package up browser-based content and BlackBerry Widgets for the BlackBerry smartphone.

Download BlackBerry Web Plug-Ins For Eclipse and Visual Studio

[Via BlackBerry Developers Blog]

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RIM announce OpenGL support and a host of rich content features

November 12th, 2009 BBerryNews

The BlackBerry Developer Conference has kicked off with a great start as RIM have announced a host of great features for developers that are going to help them make richer and more attractive content.

The first major announcement is the addition of OpenGL ES support that will help developers make 3D games and graphics. The high performance rendering engine is available on the Storm2, and it makes games like EA’s Need for Speed Shift, look really impressive.

Another announcement is a GUI builder, integrated into the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse. The builder will make it faster and easier for Java developers to build user interfaces for BlackBerry applications.

The next big announcement is the BlackBerry Theme Studio 5 that replaces the previously available Plazmic Content Developer’s Kit. The studio allows developers to make themes with the ability to import Adobe Photoshop files to BlackBerry Theme Builder, add ringtones and build screen transitions such as zooming, sliding, wiping and fading within themes. Ringtones and screen transitions are supported for BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry OS 5.0 and higher.

So stay tuned because we’re about to see some very compelling applications for BlackBerry that have rich 3D graphics and more integration with the device.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009



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Register today for the RIM BlackBerry developer webinar

September 15th, 2009 BBerryNews

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RIM will be hosting its first ever developer webinar at 2 pm EST today, September 10th. The free webinar will present an overview of web development for BlackBerry smartphones and describe best practices for creating great mobile web applications.

Today’s webinar will include:

  • Demonstrations of the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio v1.2 and the BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse v1.0.
  • A discussion on the benefits of using these development tools to preview, debug and profile your web applications for the BlackBerry Browser.
  • Tips & Tricks on how web applications can be optimized for the BlackBerry Browser and an overview of techniques to increase visibility of web content to the BlackBerry community.
  • A Q&A period where answers to questions raised can be provided in real time.

If you can’t make the webinar, a recording will be made available a few days after.

If you’re interested in participating in the webinar, register now!

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RIM announces End of Life for BlackBerry MDS Runtime and Studio

August 14th, 2009 BBerryNews

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BlackBerry MDS (Mobile Data System) is a development framework for BlackBerry that allows developers to use Visual Studio as a platform and use what RIM calls a RAD (rapid application development) method. The RAD development method involves a drag and drop interface where you can then create the code behind your forms to do the work.

This news comes after RIM announced new plug-ins for Eclipse and Visual Studio. It seems that RIM is focusing on the Java and web development platforms so platforms such as MDS are all getting canceled.

As of December 31st,2009, both BlackBerry MDS Runtime and Studio will no longer be available. Runtime and Studio will lose support as of June 30th, 2010.

[Thanks for the tip J.M.]

UPDATE: Official notice from RIM.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009



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RIM releases new tools for developers creating web apps

July 28th, 2009 BBerryNews

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RIM have announced new and improved tools for developing web applications for BlackBerry. The new tools include the BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse and the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2.

The BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse, will allow developers to create web applications and content more easily and in a familiar Eclipse 3.4 environment. This plug-in opens up more rich internet applications using AJAX, Silverlight, PHP, ASP, Ruby on Rails, JSP, and Python.

The BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2, allows developers to create web apps and content whithin Visual Studio 2008. This is another tool that is going to bring more developers into the fold, allowing them to make apps running AJAX and ASP.Net.

With these tools we’ll hopefully see an increase in the number of web apps in App World. Web apps are a great way to experience content that you regularly visit on the web, but you want easy access to on your device. Get coding developers!

For more information, visit the BlackBerry Developer Zone.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009



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