After an application has been tested, debugged and certified for distribution, the next thing a developer must worry about is how to deploy the application to its users. The BlackBerry platform supports several ways to deploy applications including: - Wired deployment using BlackBerry Desktop Manager
- Wired deployment using the Web Application Loader
- Wired deployment using JavaLoader.exe
- OTA Pull using the BlackBerry Browser
- OTA Push via the BES
This chapter will cover each deployment method in detail and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each option. This is a topic that affects both developers and administrators and many will argue that it’s a BlackBerry administrator’s job to manage deployment of applications. Developers still need to know about the available options and how they affect application users.
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