This seems like a somewhat daunting task, mostly because (at first) I could not find any documentation on it. So I’ll help out anyone else struggling to the best of my knowledge.
- The website for developers seems to be broken. There are a few pages that result in 404 errors and I can’t find any alternate routes to any of the affected ones.
- Registering is the best way to be continually asked personal information.
- When you log in, remember your username is your e-mail address, and your password has to have uppercase, lowercase, and numbers. I used my favorite password, capitalized with a little extra to adhere that criteria.
- The Java add-on for Eclipse is all you need to download and install. No previous installation of eclipse is necessary. (Unless you don’t have a copy of the JDK(?) on your system…might need to get that as Eclipse requests)
- The start page for Blackberry projects is LOADED with good resources. Loaded. The tutorials are pretty darn good too.
- If you’re familiar with a Visual Studio language, this’ll be a little of a jump for you. Starting a “window” requires 10 lines of code from the get-go. Putting a button on the screen? Another one or two. Forget about even getting it to do what you want it to, or where you want it to be…
- Eclipse is darn smart. It knows your variables and just about every command you have at your disposal too. Just start typing to see.
- You don’t have to use the BlackBerry Storm emulator to run your projects if you don’t want. There’s one for the 8530, my phone, too, but it’s a bit slower to start and harder to test with it.
- Once you start the emulator, no need to close it. Just hit Debug again and the new program will be copied over to the emulator. It saves a lot of time that way.
So that’s all for now. More revelations as they come.
Posted by Robert 
