Did RIM BlackBerry kill JavaFX?
Did you hear that loud thud at this week’s BlackBerry Developer Conference, in San Francisco, CA? Listen closely… I did. That sound you hear may be the door closing on JavaFX, the Oracle, Sun and Sony-backed Java RIA platform. The question for JavaFX… does BlackBerry’s adoption of Flash for RIA in its platform spell the likely death nail in JavaFX? JavaFX Platform is a great, dynamic visual presentation tier with lots of promise,   (more...)

Beginning BlackBerry Development @BlackBerry Developmer Conference
Beginning BlackBerry Development has published! Author and speaker, Anthony Rizk, will be doing a Book Signing for his new Book at the BlackBerry Developer Conference on Thursday (check this post later for details). Anthony’s book is the first introductory book on the BlackBerry development platform, focused on native BlackBerry Apps development using Java/Java Development Environment (JDE). And   (more...)

BlackBerry does Web Apps, too
RIM’s BlackBerry operating and software development platforms are not just Java anymore. Today, at RIM’s BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco, CA - RIM’s CEO announced that BlackBerry will also support the creation of Web Apps for its platform via WebKit, a new Browser, Widgets support, and overall Web Standards support for HTML, JavaScript and more. A BlackBerry Web Apps development environment should be firmly in place by early to mid 2010 next year. Beyond this important announcement,   (more...)