Mobile Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework

The goal of this course is to provide developers with the knowledge and skills to develop mobile enterprise solutions by using the Smart Device Extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.

This course is intended for experienced, professional software developers who work in corporate enterprise development teams and independent software vendors. Most students will be Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET, Microsoft Visual C#™, or Java developers. These developers want to build end-to-end solutions in an enterprise environment that includes mobile devices as part of the environment. This course may also benefit Microsoft Windows® CE developers who have typically used native code (either C or C++) or eVB 3.0 to build Windows CE applications.

Before attending this class, students must have: Familiarity with the following .NET Framework concepts:

• Managed versus native code
• Common language runtime
• Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL)
• Execution engine
• Just-in-time (JIT) execution
• Assemblies
• Experience using a .NET language, such as Visual Basic .NET or Visual C#.
• Experience creating Windows client applications using the .NET Framework.
• Experience creating data access components that use ADO.NET to retrieve or update data in a database.
• Familiarity with basic SQL statements, such as SELECT queries.
• Experience building ASP.NET applications.
• Experience using Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Students should have equivalent knowledge to the material covered in the following courses: Course 2559 : Introduction to Visual Basic .NET Programming with Microsoft .NET Course 2373 : Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET -OR- Course 2609 : Introduction to C# Programming with Microsoft .NET Course 2124 : Programming with C#

• Introduction to Mobile Device Application Development
• Working with the User Interface
• Working with Local Data
• Accessing Remote Data
• Synchronizing Data with SQL Server CE
• Creating Secure Applications for a Mobile Environment
• Deploying Mobile Applications
• Building a Sample Mobile Enterprise Application