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With earlier versions of the emulator the process was: 1. edit/compile in the awful RIM IDE 2. __REBOOT THE EMULATOR__ / push new code to the device.

Rebooting the emulator and pushing the new code for a test took over a minute.

I couldn't take it. I dropped support for BB and never looked back.

Have they fixed this?

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Yep. They now have 2 options basically: you can use 'Cascades' which is their modified Qt framework (modified by The Astonishing Tribe who RIM bought - awesome designers/developers) with the eclipse-based IDE, or you can write a 'webworks' app which uses web technologies (html5, js, css) and write it in whatever editor you want. The emulators are fine, but I prefer to push straight to a device

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