Secrets of the Wireless Elite: Mobile Applications Need Scripting Too!

By John Papageorge
2005-04-13


The Challenges Every Wireless Developer Faces
Park believes that testing and building for a plethora of devices represents the main challenge for mobile device developers. "Deploying an app to multiple operators in several countries might mean testing the app in over a hundred configurations," he says. "This requires disciplined development processes during the whole lifecycle of the app. Again, everyone should be using all the same development processes for wireless that they'd use for other software: source control, automated builds, unit tests, and a simple, well-understood content pipeline."

Tutorial Pages:
» Mobile Apps Developer Tom Park Imparts His Wisdom
» The Mobile Gamer's Toolkit
» Park's Secret Weapon: Scripting
» What Every Wireless Developer Should Know
» What Every Wireless Developer Should Avoid
» The Challenges Every Wireless Developer Faces
» Time to Market Equals Success
» Brand Games Extended to Mobile Devices
» BREW vs. Java Technology
» Theory in Practice: Park's Example Code
» Mobile Gaming: the Future
» Resources


First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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