Nairobi to host BlackBerry 10 Mini Developer Jam

Nairobi will play host to a BlackBerry 10 Mini developer Jam at the Ole Sereni Hotel on Mombasa Road this Friday (17^th August). The event, which runs from 10am to 5.30pm, is aimed at providing Kenyan developers with the opportunity to learn more on the unique capabilities of BlackBerry 10.

Developers will be introduced to the architecture of BlackBerry 10 and the tools necessary to assist in apps development on the BlackBerry 10 platform. No registration fee is required for developers to attend the event.

Sessions to be covered in the event:

J        The anatomy of a BlackBerry 10 App

J        Cascades Fundamentals

J        BlackBerry 10 Cascades samples

J        Developing a BlackBerry 10 application using the BB 10 NDK

J        Advanced tooling on the Native SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet.  

About BlackBerry 10

BlackBerry 10 (BB10) is an upcoming proprietary mobile operating system from Canadian firm, Research in Motion (RIM) that has been built to run on both smartphones and tablets, much like the iOS and Android.