Getting Started With Blackberry Application Development

The year 2009 was the year of great revolution in Blackberry Applications world. RIM or Research In Motion introduced Blackberry. With time it included several new functionalities to this smart phone. Open GL, the 5.0 API library and widgets are some of its amazing features. Even during the year 2010, blackberry apps developers geared up to provide more exciting applications. This has been changing year after year with each year bringing in more ease in life and more organization with innovative apps.

Java is the first tool required to for Blackberry applications development. Below are the things you will need.

• The first thing you will need is the JDK or Java Development Kit. It may be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
• Many RIM tutorials use the Eclipse SDK. From the official site you can select Eclipse IDE for Java Developers and the version you will need.
• After all this you will need a BlackBerry Plug-in for Eclipse and JDEs for any operating system for which you want to develop the application.

If you do not want to use Eclipse then you can go for Blackberry JDE, which is a standalone tool that provides you with the no-frills basics. Firstly, you should install the JDK, then Eclipse then move on to BlackBerry tools. It is very easy to install the former two.

You can go through the RIM tutorials to get started with application development. This will help you in writing and compiling a basic application in a very short time. However, to develop sophisticated yet attractive applications a Blackberry apps developer needs to have thorough knowledge of programming language called Java.

You can even learn Java from various ebooks and books available across bookstores. However, to start developing applications you will need to learn Java.  

Simplify Multi-App Photo-editing with Your iPhone

iPhone apps development has resulted in the invention of various applications. iPhone apps developers are using their creative ideas to come up with the most exciting apps that can make things easier and more entertaining for the users. With the release of the new open-source PhotoAppLink library, iPhone users can now easily edit any image with the use of multiple photo-editing apps.

This application works by providing a mechanism for sending an image from one application to the other. This features is available in different applications including Snap!, Color Splash, Simply B&W, PicTools, AutoStitch, TrueHDR, Juxtaposer, Click! and Photogene.

Users can now capture and edit images in more ways than they could do before. Previously, users had to use a number of applications to process one image.

They also had to transfer an image from one application to the other which was rather tedious. Users should save the edited image to the camera roll, close the running app and then run the next to load the image in it so that they can edit it. However, all these tasks get reduced with PhotoAppLink. With this application you can select another application which is compatible with PhotoAppLink interface. This launches the new app while transferring the image from the previous application to the new application. The user can edit it immediately.

PhotoAppLink apps can automatically detect other compatible apps installed on your device and you can access them in a user-friendly interface. This also offers a separate list of additional compatible apps the user may not have. You can see that how easy it makes to find more apps that support this simplified workflow.

PocketPixels and CodeCrop were the founding fathers of PhotoAppLink. Implemented as an open-source library, it is available on GitHub. The library is well documented. It is easy to integrate into existing applications.

Getting Started With iPad Applications Development

iPad apps development can be a great career for developers with innovation. If you want to make it a career and become the best iPad apps developer then this is the right time to jump start the process. Today is the arena of smart phone apps where smart phone applications are getting sold in the market like hot cakes. There are a number of high end tools and technologies available for developing these iPad applications. The applications can be developed by a developer or a team of developers. Big businesses that get the iPad apps for popularizing their business as well as create brand awareness have a very high budget for marketing the applications. However, it is through word of mouth and good reviews on the app store that the application can get sold and be successful. Any developer who has a unique idea can make successful application.

Xcode is Apple's official development platform and is available for free. Without a developer's license you cannot put any application on sale. Xcode utilizes Objective-C for developing iPhone and iPad applications. It may also be useful in developing applications for the Mac OS. To develop iOS apps, you will need a Mac. The size of Mac is unimportant even a Mac Mini will suffice for creating iPad applications.

If you wish to use an alternative to Xcode based on the LUA language then you go for Corona. It is similar to BASIC programming but is a friendlier choice for amateur developers. Corona supports both iOS and android development besides being flexible. Apart from number of books available, you can also access many free online tutorials for developing iPad applications. Those who know basics of programming in C++ can implement small apps ideas and start developing the application.