Building .NET Applications for Mobile Devices (Paperback)

Learn how to build applications that are always availableanytime, anyplace, on any device.

Thanks to Moores Law and advances in wireless technology, the next generation of the Web will be readily accessible from mobile hardware such as Pocket PCs and other PDAs, mobile phones, and smart phones. Discover how to take advantage of the explosion in mobile computing with this detailed programming guide. It shows how to use Microsoft® ASP.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET, and the Mobile Internet Toolkit to create compelling Web applications that can dynamically display the same pagewith properly formatted contenton the broadest array of mobile devices. Youll find out exactly how to use Microsoft Mobile Information Server and how to provide mobile e-mail access. Topics covered include:

.NET for the mobile Web
ASP.NET and the Mobile Internet Toolkit
Developing mobile .NET applications
Dynamic mobile applications
Using Mobile Web Forms
Styles and device-specific rendering
Accessing data
Managing state
Designing compelling .NET mobile Web applications
XML Web services
Testing and debugging with emulators and handling runtime errors
Packaging, configuration, and security
Creating custom mobile controls
Supporting new clients

CD-ROM FEATURES:
A fully searchable electronic copy of the book
Sample code written for ASP.NET in Microsoft Visual C#™ and Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET