Tira Jump 2007 Overview

Tira Jump 2007 Overview

• Products Overview
• Deployment Planning
• Workflow/Asset Management
• Porting
• Packaging & Delivery
• Device and Operator Knowledge Base

Tira Jump 2007 is a true sea change in the industry. We believe mobile application development and content deployment could and should be done by the same team. With Jump 2007, this can finally be a reality.

Highlights of the platform's new capabilities include:

Code Re-Use: Capitalize on your existing development investments

The Holy Grail of any development manager is to be able to re-use and re-purpose a development team's work rather than re-inventing the wheel every time. With Jump 2007, we have created a totally new component model call the Jumplet. Jumplets allow development teams to take commonly used code and actions and turn them into components that can be used by their development team nearby or around the world. There are two types of Jumplets:

Transformational Jumplets

• Modify a J2ME application from one state to another
• Modifications can be a device specific and/or application specific bug fix and/or optimization
• Can be re-usable and also address issues for a particular application and device

Component Jumplets

• Encapsulates a re-usable software component
• Examples include a tile engine, a gaming community feature, or a generic game menu

Collaboration: Leverage the experience of your entire team

Not only does Jump 2007 create the framework and infrastructure that allows the re-use of common code, but it also provides the user with the search and discovery tools to find needed components. A system of re-usability does not solve problems unless the users can quickly locate these components. Features of Jump 2007 that support these capabilities include:

• Searchable component repository of Jumplets™
• Easy submission and retrieval of commonly used components
• Capitalize on internal developer knowledge via access to other Jumplets™
• Tagged and ranked Jumplets based on usage, relevance, user ratings, etc.
• Intelligent “push” model of context-aware Jumplets™
• Aware of target device idiosyncrasies to recommend the relevant and necessary components for a successful transformation

Interoperability: Work the way you want to work

We understand that most world-class development teams already have the necessary development life-cycle tools to ensure they operate as efficiently as possible. Jump 2007 has been designed to allow simple integration with your existing build, mobile content management and bug tracking tools. Or any user defined tool that has a definable and accessible API. Highlights of these capabilities include:

• Provides an open and extensible architecture to plug in your own tools and external processes
• Leverages industry standard open source tooling
• Incorporates the ANT build system in its core
• Seamlessly integrates with your current ANT build process
• Includes Eclipse plug-in for desktop components