Dimensions
178 x 230 x 26mm
The first resource for corporate developers building applications for the gigantic BlackBerry® installed base: 20,000,000+ devices.
- Everything developers need to develop for the world's #1 enterprise mobile platform.
- Covers both the 'hows' AND the 'whys' of BlackBerry development.
- Includes detailed coverage of RIM's newest capabilities.
- Identifies BlackBerry's limitations, and shows how to manage them.
- For both experienced mobile developers and those moving from other environments.
With more than 20,000,000 devices in use, BlackBerry is today's #1 enterprise mobile platform. Until now, however, it's been difficult or impossible to find reliable information on developing new applications for that platform, or integrating existing enterprise systems with the BlackBerry. Fundamentals of Backberry Deveopment is the solution: a comprehensive, independent guide to the platform, its development tools, and today's best practices for BlackBerry development. Respected third-party BlackBerry developer John Wargo illuminates the entire BlackBerry Mobile Data System platform, identifies the types of applications that can be built for BlackBerry, discusses the platform's unique capabilities and limitations, shows how to make the right upfront design choices, and walks you through writing and testing efficient, high-performance applications. Wargo covers both native rich-client BlackBerry applications and web-based mobile applications for both business and consumer environments, and shows how to make the most of BlackBerry's back-end server components to simplify and optimize communication with virtually any data source. The information in the book applies to developers building apps for their own enterprise's use as well as to programmers developing apps for sale on the Blackberry app store at http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/.
