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General Resources

Note: an end of life has been scheduled for the following products:

BlackBerry® MDS Runtime
BlackBerry® MDS Studio
BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio®

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A combination of resources has been compiled to help you in the Rapid Application Development (RAD) process:

Development Tools

Tools and Downloads – Rapid Application Development tools and downloads

Development Support

Developer Issue Tracker – Understand what issues exist in the market today, the potential workarounds and timelines for fixing those issues
Developer Forums – Get answers from other developers in the BlackBerry Support Community Forums
Developer’s Blog – Inside BlackBerry – Find best practices, market insight and developer-engagement opportunities with the development community

Reference Materials & How to Help

Sample Code and Labs – Get hands-on and work with commented sample code or learn on the fly by running through labs and tutorials
Reference Docs – Access Rapid Application Development documentation
Knowledge Base – Looking to answer a specific question? Search the extensive knowledge base articles to find an answer.

News & Updates

BlackBerry Developer Newsletter – The BlackBerry Developer newsletter brings you the latest BlackBerry application developer news, information and updates

BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Videos

How Do I Add a Web Reference to My BlackBerry® Project? – May 9, 2008 Find out how to add a web reference to your BlackBerry project to retrieve server-side data on your smartphone and store that data locally.	How Do I Create a Wireless-friendly Web Service? – May 9, 2008 In this video, you’ll find tips to ensure your web service is best suited for a wireless environment.
How Do I Push Data from My Server to a BlackBerry Smartphone – May 9, 2008 Learn how you can push information to your BlackBerry® MDS Runtime application.	How Do I Use the BlackBerry® Browser with Microsoft® Visual Studio® to Debug My ASP.NET Applications? – May 9, 2008 In this video, you'll learn how to configure your ASP.NET debugging to use the BlackBerry Browser to streamline your testing for BlackBerry smartphones.
How Do I Add a Custom Menu Item to a Standard Built-in BlackBerry Application? – May 9, 2008 Find out how to use BlackBerry extensions to add your own custom menu items into standard BlackBerry applications such as email and calendar.	How Do I Debug My BlackBerry MDS Runtime Application? – May 9, 2008 This video demonstrates how to use the built-in Microsoft Visual Studio debugging capability to set breakpoints, view variables and add watches to debug your application.
How Do I Use Code Comments to Enhance My JavaScript® Intellisense? – May 9, 2008 Find out how to use JavaScript code comments to assist you in writing your JavaScript. You’ll also learn how adding simple, familiar comments to your JavaScript can aid you in your day-to-day development.	How Do I Invoke Another Application on the BlackBerry Smartphone? – May 9, 2008 This video demonstrates the features and uses of the application integration functionality, including invoking BlackBerry standard applications, custom Java® apps and other BlackBerry® Mobile Data System (BlackBerry MDS) applications via JavaScript.

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