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With the BlackBerry Got Game Port-A-Thon now over and having been a great success, the BlackBerry developer relations team had many take aways from the event. At the top of that list was the fact that developers out there looking to build apps for BlackBerry 10 loved the support live support they received during the event. Not wanting to end a good thing, the BlackBerry developer relations team starting tomorrow and continuing until January 30th, 2012 when BlackBerry 10 launches, will be offering live support across various forums. Read on to find out when and where you can get support for building apps on the BlackBerry platform.
Mondays:
- Marmalade: 10 AM to 12 PM (GMT-5) in Marmalade’s developer forums.
- Sencha: 12 PM to 2 PM (GMT-5) in Sencha’s developer forums.
Tuesdays:
- Cascades™ – BlackBerry Java porting to BlackBerry 10: 10 AM to 12 PM (GMT-5) in the BlackBerry developer support forums.
- PhoneGap: 12 PM to 2 PM (GMT-5) in the BlackBerry developer support forums.
Wednesdays:
- Qt: 10 AM to 12 PM (GMT-5) in the BlackBerry developer support forums.
- jQuery: 12 PM to 2 PM (GMT-5) in jQuery’s developer forums.
Thursdays:
- BlackBerry WebWorks™: 10 AM to 12 PM (GMT-5) in the BlackBerry developer support forums.
- Android: 12 PM to 2 PM (GMT-5) in Stack Overflow.
Fridays:
- AIR: 12 PM to 2 PM (GMT-5) in the BlackBerry developer support forums.
That's a pretty awesome start and eventually, there will be more dates and times added to accomodate developers needs. If you're a developer looking for more info, you can check out the BlackBerry Dev Blog link below.
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