BlackBerry Previews New WebWorks “Bootstrap” Sample for Developers
BlackBerry WebWorks developers have been struggling to create “Built for BlackBerry” experiences on BlackBerry 10. Our buddy Chad at BlackBerry is trying to simplify that by creating a new WebWorks Bootstrap sample for developers. Instead of using frameworks like jQuery Mobile or even BlackBerrys BBUI.js this sample Bootstrap just gives developers the basic skeleton for…
Sencha Touch 2.2 Release Includes BlackBerry 10 Performance Enhancements
Sencha Touch introduced a BlackBerry 10 theme in their previous release of v2.1.1 of their JavaScript framework. Now with Sencha Touch v2.2 they have added significant enhancements along with Webkit rendering optimization and performance improvements. This includes bringing list scrolling performance to 35-40 frames per second which is nice and fluid along with touch responsiveness…
Sencha Touch v2.1.1 Adds Official BlackBerry 10 Support & Theme
Sencha previously put out a public beta of Sencha Touch for BlackBerry 10. Now they have followed up with official support for BlackBerry 10. This includes full support in Sencha Touch 2.1.1 that they say “runs fantastically well on the BlackBerry 10 browser.” They have been collaborating with BlackBerry to optimize Sencha Touch along with…
bbUI.js JavaScript Framework v0.9.5 Released
RIM’s popular bbUI.js framework just received another nice update now that the SDKs have gone gold. This version brings us to 0.9.5 which is one step further towards dynamic functionality and dynamic user interfaces that emulate the native functionality. Here are the main improvements though more are scheduled for the already planned v0.9.6. Notable Improvements…
Devs: Showcase your bbUI.js WebWorks Apps on GitHub
We always love to see BlackBerry WebWorks apps using RIM’s bbUI.js and Tim Neil @RIM shares that same sentiment. He received a suggestion from @gcsantiago asking for a place for developers to showcase their bbUI.js apps and decided to make it happen on RIM’s GitHub page. So far six developers have already posted their creations…
RIM’s BBUI.js Javascript Framework Updated to v0.9.4
The web team at RIM has scored again with a new update to the awesome BBUI.js framework. The new version gives us some nice updates both for BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook developers. There are not that many changes that need to be done to support the new version but here are the notable improvements:…
Devs: BlackBerry 10 Dojo Toolkit, Enyo.js Framework, & Android Runtime Webinars Next Week
RIM is really hitting the webinar track hard for developers. Their latest line of webinars focuses on cross platform development with WebWorks and the Android Runtime for BlackBerry 10. For WebWorks they are specifically touching upon the Dojo JavaScript Framework in one webinar and the Enyo.js framework in another. The last webinar is simply about…
RIM Shares Guide & Sample App for Dojo JavaScript Framework (WebWorks)
RIM has been pushing hard to get the main JavaScript frameworks optimized for BlackBerry devices. The popular cross platform Dojo framework is no exception which is why RIM has posted up a guide for working with the Dojo Toolkit in WebWorks. They have also posted up a very simple sample app in their Github repository…