Microsoft .Net Compact Framework

by Erik Rubin and Ronnie Yates

Book Overview

The primary goal of .NET Compact Framework is to bring the familiar experience of developing .NET applications for the desktop to the device world. Of the approximately six million Microsoft desktop developers in the world, it is estimated that perhaps two hundred thousand will turn their attention to the device world using the enabling technology of the .NET Compact Framework.To facilitate the goal of showing readers how to develop applications for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672325705
• ISBN13: 9780672325700
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great for getting rolling on the .NET CF

I bought this book along with the Definitive Guide when I was assigned to do some C# work on both the regular framework and the .NET CF. I was doing mostly JavaScript for the past two years and this book really helped me get moving with C# in general. This book helped me get comfortable with getting connected to the device, understanding some of the general capabilities of the framework, and stuff like that. It paid for itself by getting me past the "hello world" stage very quickly. I recommend the Definitive Guide for when you really want to drill down but this book is great for a quick rampup, with good quick step-by-steps to do a lot of the common things programmers care about. It saved me much more time than the cost of the book, so I'm very happy with it.

Complete and detailed explanations

Information that is hard to find in other books can be find here. I buy a lot of computer books and I know when one stands out. This book paid for itself the first day.

Excellent coverage of key features

Excellent coverage of key features, well-written with a great, easy-to-read style. Highly recommended to anyone interested in .NET and/or CE... looking forward to more books by this obviously well-informed author.

Get it. Resourceful views on real issues.. well done.

I've been developing several WinCE prototypes for the NetPad for a few weeks.. and this helped me immensely. Also bought Tiffany's book on sqlCE dev w/ the CF... the two together are helpful.Simply implementing a working proto following Rubin's advice about XML Web Service performance and DataSets on pg. 283 might make you a hero (I'm not one yet, but close...)

Good reference - the one to buy currently

I was converting a warehouse management app from eVB to VB.Net and was struggling to find examples online and only having the Core Reference book (which kinda blows in some regards) as another source. The GotDotNet examples are good, but this book takes things one step further giving clear and concise instructions, explaining the difference between the .Net Framework and the Compact Framework and gives work-arounds for features missing (very important). It has several good threading examples, goes over a simple way of using p/invoke, explains controls like the DataGrid (in an easier format than what's online) as well as going over a lot of the tasks you're going to need to know about. It won't magically solve all your problems, but having it around will easily shave a few hours off your project and your learning curve. Given that there isn't much info online yet regarding the Compact Framework, and the only other book to really choose from currently is the Core Reference, I'd say this was the one to buy. To the 'Yawn' review, well what else should the book be about? And it's hard to be a cut-n-paste version of 'all other framework text' when there aren't really any to cut from...