Devs: BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS Graphical Aid App Now Supports WebWorks

We told you back in July that RIM released a graphic UI tool for BlackBerry PlayBook AIR devs to easily sign and build apps. Ofutur let us know that RIM has just extended to tool to also work for BlackBerry PlayBook WebWorks developers. It provides developers an alternative to the command line tools RIM provided at launch. The tool allows devs to easily:

• Configure your BlackBerry Code Signing Keys


• Build and sign a WebWorks for Tablet OS Application


• Create and install Debug Tokens


• Deploy the application to the simulator or real device

You can read more about it here or download the tool from RIM

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Devs: RIM Provides GUI Build, Sign, & Deploy App for Adobe AIR PlayBook Apps

Some devs might not be comfortable with the command line tools available for current BlackBerry development on the PlayBook. The command line tools are great for scripting (which is what I do) but RIM has decided to release a BlackBerry Tablet OS Graphical Aid app to help developers out who like GUI (Graphic User Interfaces). This new Graphical Aid ties into the Adobe Flash Builder to help you easily build Adobe Air apps for the PlayBook. It allows you to build, sign, and deploy apps without touching the command line. Personally I wish they would just do away with the complicated code signing process but this is a nice step.

Currently the Graphic Aid only works on Windows for Adobe Air PlayBook apps but RIM is promising to release Mac OSX and Linux support soon. No word on if they will release a WebWorks version. You can pick up the BlackBerry Tablet OS Graphical Aid app at this link.

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