The Definitive Guide to the .Net Compact Framework

By Larry Roof and Dan Fergus

* Includes detailed coverage of the .NET Compact Framework. * Walks developers through the complete process of developing and deploying applications with Smart Device Extensions (SDE) for Visual Studio .NET. * Provides an extensive view of SQL Server CE and XML, and how they can be used with mobile solutions. * Shows how to leverage Web services from mobile devices. * Explains how to build robust mobile solutions. * Author has a "following" and lots of name recognition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590590953
• ISBN13: 9781590590959
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 1032 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excelent Book

It really does have everything you need to create some very sophisticated mobile apps. Of the four books I bought to learn this stuff, it's the only one I keep with me at all times.

The best book of Compact Framework

I've bought this book two years ago to develop a project in [...] not for Pocket PC. I am very satisfied with the book, because you can't find a book about only Windows CE .NET and development for industry, then I decided to buy a book about Pocket PC, learn .NET Compact framework and adapt it to my industrial project. I did the right thing. I've learned the basic and advanced features of .NET compact framework and nowadays I still use this book as reference for development. This book is always on my desk.

Great Book

I just want to say that I've purchased several other .NET CF books (including the Core Reference from Microsoft), and this is by far the best book I've found. It's loaded with great code and examples... all of which is useful to real-world problems. I have very little experience with programming for the Pocket PC, but this book has helped me make several programs now. Highly Recommended.

A Great Help From Start To Finish

A great help from start to finish means that if you are just starting with the Compact Framework (CF), this book leads you through the elementary of creating and deploying your first app on the hand-held computer, which could be no other than a souped-up version of Hello World.But if you are already experienced with the CF, this book offers help in many areas. I found the chapter on the Pocket Outlook Object Model especially helpful, as I am developing an app which needs to interface with the components of Outlook.Dan has been a real help to another of our develpers in helping us with some software to interface with the voice recorder. So, obviously he knows not only the CF but those components of the hand-held which have to be accessed through unmanaged code.If you need to develop for the hand-held, using the Compact Framework, this is a must have book.

Excellent in every regard

Well, it's no shock that this book is wonderful. Both of the authors are gifted writers and active contributors to the development community. If you are a CF developer, you'll want to get this book ASAP. Of the current literature, much of which is good, this book is an excellent compliment. YOu don't need to have been an evB or eVC++ developer to really get a lot from it. It has a tremendously down to earth tone to, but doesn't gloss over the more complex topics. CH17 on the MessageWindow alone with worth the price of the book. It's a pretty hefty guide, loaded with examples, and you get two different perspectives from two guys who both know their art and know how to communicate it. The examples that they use will defintely inspire you to implement many of them in your own apps. I can think of at least 6 topics that they cover in depth, and supply code for, that I see questions about in the newsgroups every day.I liked this book so much that I left my original copy at my girlfriends house (who lives out of town) and couldn't wait, so I bought another copy---and I still got the information for a fraction of what's its done for me.