Documentation Road Map for Unwired Platform

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Unwired Platform documentation
Document Description
Sybase Unwired Platform Installation Guide

Describes how to install or upgrade Sybase Unwired Platform. Check the Sybase Unwired Platform Release Bulletin for additional information and corrections.

Audience: IT installation team, training team, system administrators involved in planning, and any user installing the system.

Use: during the planning and installation phase.

Sybase Unwired Platform Release Bulletin

Provides information about known issues, and updates. The document is updated periodically.

Audience: IT installation team, training team, system administrators involved in planning, and any user who needs up-to-date information.

Use: during the planning and installation phase, and throughout the product life cycle.

New Features

Describes new or updated features.

Audience: all users.

Use: any time to learn what is available.

Fundamentals

Describes basic mobility concepts and how Sybase Unwired Platform enables you design mobility solutions.

Audience: all users.

Use: during the planning and installation phase, or any time for reference.

System Administration

Describes how to plan, configure, manage, and monitor Sybase Unwired Platform. Use with the Sybase Control Center for Sybase Unwired Platform online documentation.

Audience: installation team, test team, system administrators responsible for managing and monitoring Sybase Unwired Platform, and for provisioning device clients.

Use: during the installation phase, implementation phase, and for ongoing operation, maintenance, and administration of Sybase Unwired Platform.

Sybase Control Center for Sybase Unwired Platform

Describes how to use the Sybase Control Center administration console to configure, manage and monitor Sybase Unwired Platform. The online documentation is available when you launch the console (Start > Sybase > Sybase Control Center, and select the question mark symbol in the top right quadrant of the screen).

Audience: system administrators responsible for managing and monitoring Sybase Unwired Platform, and system administrators responsible for provisioning device clients.

Use: for ongoing operation, administration, and maintenance of the system.

Troubleshooting

Provides information for troubleshooting, solving, or reporting problems.

Audience: IT staff responsible for keeping Sybase Unwired Platform running, developers, and system administrators.

Use: during installation and implementation, development and deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

Getting started tutorials

Tutorials for trying out basic development functionality.

Audience: new developers, or any interested user.

Use: after installation.

  • Learn mobile business object (MBO) basics, and create a mobile device application:
    • Tutorial: Mobile Business Object Development
    • Tutorial: BlackBerry Application Development using Device Application Designer
    • Tutorial: Windows Mobile Device Application Development using Device Application Designer
  • Create native mobile device applications:
    • Tutorial: BlackBerry Application Development using Custom Development
    • Tutorial: iPhone Application Development using Custom Development
    • Tutorial: Windows Mobile Application Development using Custom Development
  • Create a mobile workflow package:
    • Tutorial: Mobile Workflow Package Development

Sybase Unwired WorkSpace – Mobile Business Object Development

Online help for developing MBOs.

Audience: new and experienced developers.

Use: after system installation.

Sybase Unwired WorkSpace – Device Application Development

Online help for developing device applications.

Audience: new and experienced developers.

Use: after system installation.

Developer references for device application customization

Information for client-side custom coding using the Client Object API.

Audience: experienced developers.

Use: to custom code client-side applications.

  • Developer Reference for BlackBerry

  • Developer Reference for iOS

  • Developer Reference for Mobile Workflow Packages

  • Developer Reference for Windows and Windows Mobile

Developer reference for Unwired Server side customization – Reference: Custom Development for Unwired Server

Information for custom coding using the Server API.

Audience: experienced developers.

Use: to customize and automate server-side implementations for device applications, and administration, such as data handling.

Dependencies: Use with Fundamentals and Sybase Unwired WorkSpace – Mobile Business Object Development.

Developer reference for system administration customization – Reference: Administration APIs

Information for custom coding using administration APIs.

Audience: experienced developers.

Use: to customize and automate administration at a coding level.

Dependencies: Use with Fundamentals and System Administration.

Related concepts
Device Application Development