BlackBerry Development Fundamentals

The BlackBerry smartphone is today s #1 mobile platform for the enterprise and also a huge hit with consumers. Until now, it s been difficult for programmers to find everything they need to begin developing new applications for BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry Development Fundamentals is the solution: the first single-source guide to all aspects of development for the BlackBerry platform.

This book thoroughly reviews the BlackBerry s unique capabilities and limitations, helps you optimize your upfront design choices, and covers native rich-client applications and Web-based mobile applications for both business and consumer environments. In addition, it is an excellent study guide for the BlackBerry Certified Application Developer exam (BCX-810).

Coverage includes

• The hows, whys, and best practices of BlackBerry development
• Planning for and managing the BlackBerry platform s restrictions
• Selecting the correct development platform for your BlackBerry applications
• Describing the different paths any application can take to get to the data it needs
• Explaining the capabilities provided by the BlackBerry Mobile Data System (MDS)
• Pushing application data to both enterprise and consumer BlackBerry devices using MDS, Web Signals, and the BlackBerry Push APIs
• Dealing with both the special capabilities and limitations of the BlackBerry browser
• Building, testing, and debugging BlackBerry browser applications
• Understanding the tools available to Java developers
• Using Research In Motion s Java development tools to build, test, and debug BlackBerry Java applications
• Deploying BlackBerry Java applications