JDE Eclipse plugin or Blackberry JDE?

Question

Just getting started with Blackberry development... I have used eclipse before and like it. What do you all recommend and why? Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are just starting out, the BlackBerry JDE is probably the easiest route to familiarize yourself with all the dependencies you'll be dealing with. It has all the tools you need to write the code, run the simulator, and create the deployables. However, the JDE is not the greatest IDE in the world, and definitely nowhere near Eclipse for writing Java code. I haven't tried the plugin, but I know there are blogs out there that describe how to setup Eclipse for Java development, but for your first project, I'd recommend just trying out the JDE.

Here's a link that came up, but I know there are more.

http://www.blackberryforums.com/developer-forum/138210-setup-up-eclipse-blackberry-development.html