The .NET Compact Framework--a scaled down version of Microsoft's .NET Framework--offers a powerful programming environment for designing rich applications for the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. If you're familiar with the .NET Framework, you'll feel right at home in the .NET Compact Framework. You'll find the perfect way to jumpstart your productivity in our new,"NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide," As with all of our popular Pocket Guides, this concise book delivers just the information you need without all the fluff.
The,"Net Compact Framework Pocket Guide" provides a brief introduction to the framework and includes several projects to get you up to speed quickly. In this book you'll learn:
The basics of programming for the .NET Compact Framework using Visual Studio .NET 2003; you'll be up and running with Hello, World in no time at all
User interface design considerations for the Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and Windows Mobile-based Smartphone
How to consume web services from .NET Compact Framework applications
How to cache on-line data for use when the mobile device is out of range of a network
How to write applications that useBluetooth.
Whether you're new to mobile programming or new to Visual Studio .NET 2003, the,"NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide" will teach what you need to know to get started developing mobile applications. Less
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