This chapter was devoted to learning how to set up and install the development environment used in creating BlackBerry applications. Even though there is more than one available, we've focused on using Eclipse as the tool of choice for this book.
Specifically, we covered:
Downloading and installing the JDK
Registering with the BlackBerry Developer Zone
Downloading and installing Eclipse, including how to add on other component packages
Now that we've gotten the necessary software installed, we can get started with looking at some code and getting familiar with using Eclipse. The first part of the next chapter covers the basics of using Eclipse and then dives right into an actual application by importing, compiling, and debugging one of the sample applications that comes with the SDK. This simple "Hello World" application is then dissected and explained practically line-by-line.