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Installing a basic BlackBerry Development Environment Part One

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I recently switched from Dell to MacBook and rebuilt my BlackBerry development environment in a clean Windows XP Virtual Machine under VM Ware Fusion.  I thought the process might possibly be of interest to anyone starting out on their BB development journey so I knocked together a quick guide.  This is intended to be part one of at least two parts.  The first part covers down-loading and installing:
  • The Java Development Environment (don't be put off if Java isn't your thing the JDE also includes Device Simulators - which are also available separately);
  • The MDS and Email Service Simulators;
  • Opening a Web Application/Site on the device simulator

So not rocket science but might be useful for some.  Next installment will most likely include:
  • Installing and configuring Eclipse;
  • Remote debugging with Eclipse and JDWP;
  • Using the Email Service Simulator;
  • Connecting your Device Simulator to a real BES;
  • Using the Notes Client HTTP task to serve HTML/XML

The pdf is available to your right under "Resources" ->

Jason