Advanced BlackBerry Development [Paperback]

Chris King (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1430226560 | ISBN-13: 978-1430226567 | Publication Date: December 16, 2009 | Edition: 1

With thousands of people attending Research In Motion (RIM) development conferences, people are hungry for information on how to work with BlackBerry devices and how to build complex applications.  Building on the Beginning BlackBerry Development title from Apress, this book explores the tools needed to create truly professional-looking applications that exploit the most compelling features of BlackBerry phones. 

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About the Author

Chris King is a software engineer specializing in mobile development. He has written a wide variety of embedded and downloadable libraries and applications, including wireless messaging, lifestyle, shopping, music, and video applications. His software has been pre-loaded on tens of millions of phones in the U.S. Chris develops applications for BlackBerry, Android, Java ME, BREW, and Windows Mobile devices. Chris has written articles on mobile development, and was the technical reviewer for the books Android Essentials by Chris Haseman and Beginning Java ME Platform by Ray Rischpater. He currently serves as a senior engineer for Gravity Mobile in San Francisco.

Product Details

• Paperback: 407 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (December 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430226560
• ISBN-13: 978-1430226567
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Chris King is a software engineer specializing in mobile development. He has written a wide variety of embedded and downloadable libraries and applications, including wireless messaging, lifestyle, shopping, music, and video applications. His software has been pre-loaded on tens of millions of phones in the United States. Chris develops applications for BlackBerry, Android, Java ME, BREW, and Windows Mobile devices. Chris has written articles on mobile development, and was the technical reviewer for the books "Android Essentials" by Chris Haseman and "Beginning Java ME Platform" by Ray Rischpater. He currently serves as a Senior Engineer for Gravity Mobile in San Francisco. Chris graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with majors in Computer Science and English Literature. When he isn't programming or writing for fun or profit, Chris can be found reading, baking, cycling, or hiking throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb "missing manual" highly recommended for advanced Blackberry users, February 12, 2010

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This review is from: Advanced BlackBerry Development (Paperback)

Software engineer Chris King presents Advanced BlackBerry Development, an excellent guide to creating quality professional applications for the BlackBerry platform. Chapters cover the pros and cons of different applications and their functions, with an emphases on teaching the reader how to figure out what is most appropriate for which setting as well as the nuts and bolts of coding. Of particular interested are the chapters on ensuring security or encryption as needed, especially in today's world where electronic identity theft is more rampant than ever. Black-and-white illustrations, charts, and sections of sample code round out this superb "missing manual" highly recommended for advanced Blackberry users.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked the best so far of BB Books, January 23, 2010

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This review is from: Advanced BlackBerry Development (Paperback)

I thought this was the best so far of the BB books, there are some worthless sections but overall this is the best of the 3 BB development books so far. You could tell he actually ran through the examples.
I wish though their might be a followup with really , really hard or advanced development.