Building Solutions with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework: Architecture and Best Practices for Mobile Development

Executive Summary

In our ever more connected world, many organizations require that the software they write be used in different regions and cultures. In order to cut down on the costs of localization, provide the ability to localize an application rapidly, and reduce maintenance by using a single code base across localized versions, software architects and developers need to design and build software with globalization (the process of designing an application to be “world ready”) and localization (the process of adapting the software to a particular culture or region) in mind. Fortunately, the Compact Framework takes much of the work out of globalization and localization by directly supporting culture-specific settings on the device and by being ...