Foreword

Welcome to the new age of rapid application development (RAD) for mobile devices!

The Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework enable a whole new era of smart device application development. The .NET Compact Framework greatly simplifies the process of creating and deploying applications to mobile devices, while also allowing you to take full advantage of the device that you are targeting.

Developers of all types, ranging from hobbyists to enterprise developers, will benefit from these simplified processes and will enjoy a development experience on par with desktop and server application development. Dan and Jon have done a great job of introducing these new mobile development technologies to developers from all ...

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