BlackBerry Jam sessions to hit SA in July

The events form part of a series of BlackBerry Jam Sessions for developers in Africa and the Middle East that will provide new skills, support the development of locally relevant content and give budding entrepreneurs more opportunities to reach a local and global BlackBerry audience. The events will provide attendees with the latest resources, training and best practices for creating BlackBerry 10 apps.

Hands-on training

BlackBerry Jam sessions are open to all developers, but are also designed for people who are new to the BlackBerry 10 platform, or want to learn the basics about app development. The sessions provide practical advice and great tips that help developers get the most out of the BlackBerry 10 development environment.

BlackBerry technical experts are on hand at all sessions to answer developer questions and provide them with the latest best practice from BlackBerry. At each session, developers experience hands-on training focusing on the BlackBerry Cascades software development kit and the WebWorks HTML5 development tools. The Cascade framework empowers developers to develop visually engaging native applications for BlackBerry 10, while WebWorks makes it simple to take advantage of standard web technologies like CSS, HTML5, and JavaScript to build apps.

Great prizes are up for grabs at each session. In addition, at the end of the African and Middle East Tour, judges from BlackBerry will award the developer with the best app a US$10,000 prize.

There is no registration fee to attend the BlackBerry Jam Sessions. Space is limited, so reservations are recommended.

For more information, go to: www.blackberrydeveloperevents.com/events/home.html.