IDEs Used for BlackBerry Developement

Question

Hi Friends

I have installed eclipse JDE plugin (ie BlackBerry_JDE_PluginFull_1.0.0.67.exe) , i can create a blackberry project only for BlackBerry JDE 4.5.0 . when i see in window ->preferences ->blackberry->installed components of eclipse ony BlackBerry JDE component package 4.5.0 is available, if i want to have multiple JDEs what should be done .Is there are any IDEs other than Eclipse which are used for BlackBerry Developement.

Answer 1

Sure there are component packs on blackberry server available for download:

• download the Eclipse Software Update for the BlackBerry JDE vX.X Component Pack zip
• in Eclipse go Help -> Software Updates... -> Available Software -> Add Site -> Archive
• open downloaded update and install it

And you can use them all in one Eclipse installation. Just switch them with window ->preferences ->blackberry->installed components as you already know.

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Answer 2

I've mainly used NetBeans to develop Blackberry apps. You can add multiple platforms to NetBeans corresponding to the different JDEs that you are targeting. The instructions at:

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/blackberry.html

while claiming they are for 5.5, work just fine with the latest version of NetBeans as well. I have not used Eclipse for Blackberry development.