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 The
.NET Compact Framework
The .NET Framework and the .NET Compact Framework provide a
consistent programming model across the full range of Windows platforms
and expose that programming model through a single unified tool
set, Visual Studio .NET 2003. Together, Visual Studio .NET 2003
and the .NET Compact Framework enable millions of desktop Visual
Basic developers and the rapidly growing market of C# developers
to begin building smart mobile applications. Features of the .NET
Compact Framework and Visual Studio .NET 2003 include support for
XML and Web services; the ability to integrate components written
in multiple programming languages; and developer productivity features
such as integrated rich device emulator support, a visual drag-and-drop
forms designer, a comprehensive set of user interface controls,
remote debugging support, and simplified application deployment.
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"The
challenge for the mobile industry in 2003 is to convert technology
into useful business applications," said Nick Jones, vice
president and research fellow at Gartner Inc. "Corporations
already have lots of great ideas for mobile applications; what
we need now is for vendors to make mobile application development
easy and accessible to the millions of corporate programmers
using the skills which they already possess." |
At
Dataworks, The .Net Compact Framework has been already put into
practice to develop the innovative Stock Exchange Bar, application
which allows a bar to be transformed into a stock exchange with
price fluctuations, simulated market crashes and visual feedback.
The system uses handheld devices linked to a central server via
a wireless network to sell product on the floor of the exchange.
For
more about the .Net Framework, please visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework.
More information about the Stock Exchange Bar System can be found
in our archive at http://www.dataworks.ie/news_archive.aspx
In
next month's issue of 'The Leading Edge": software security
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