.NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide

The rapid proliferation of mobile networks for both public use and private has made connectivity-on-the-go a desirable, if not absolutely essential, condition. Nor is this mobility limited to laptops: everywhere you look, people are downloading email and other information directly to their cell phones and PDAs. For developers, this means an increased demand to create applications for mobile devices. Microsoft's .NET Compact Frameworks provides a full suite of powerful tools to help them get the job done.

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 use Bluetooth.

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.

 

Table of Contents：

Part I. The .NET Framework and Mobile Devices


      The .NET CLR  

      Windows Powered Mobile Devices  

      Tool and Language Support  

      Hello, Pocket PC  

      Debugging the Application  

      Troubleshooting  

Part II. User Interface Design

      Using the Windows Forms Controls  

      Design Considerations for Smartphone Applications  

Part III. Projects

      Project A: Currency Converter  

      Project B: Book Ordering System  

      Project C: Bluetooth Chat  

Part IV. Deploying .NET Compact Framework Applications

      Packaging CAB Files  

      Redistributing the .NET Compact Framework  

      Deploying Smartphone Applications