It was readable and informative. I don’t use the product or write apps, so it’s more than I can fully understand. That said, it reads well and from what you indicated it fills a niche that needs filled.
The BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) is a complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for building BlackBerry Java applications. The tool has been around for quite a while and was the primary tool Research In Motion used to create BlackBerry software. It offers tight integration with the MDS simulator and BlackBerry device simulators, allowing developers to build and test BlackBerry Java applications. This chapter will help BlackBerry developers understand how to get started using the tool and covers:
How to create a BlackBerry workspace and project
How to add a source files to a project
How to add an icon to the project
How to debug applications using the JDE
How to Sign Java applications using the JDE
How to use Conditional Compilation capabilities of the JDE