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Synapse India Reviews on Mobile

Application Development usingMicrosoft’s .NET Framework 

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Contents

Challenges

.NET Mobile Architecture

Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit

How .NET Mobile Web Applications Work??

Stand-Alone Windows Applications

Emulators

Demo

Conclusion

Questions

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Challenges

Varying Configurations Browser Languages

Wireless Network Limitations

Pagination & Session Management

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Varying Configurations

Memory

- 2MB to 64MB Capabilities

- Sound , Color displays

Display Area- 128 x 160 to 320 x 480 pixels

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Browser Languages

compact - HTML HTML

Wireless Markup Language

Handheld Devices Markup Languages VoiceXML

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Wireless Network Limitations

Limited bandwidth- 9.6 Kbps to 11Mbps

High latency

Intermittent connectivity

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Additional Challenges

Pagination

- additional application logic at server side- small pages Vs high latency network

Session management

- no client side cookies support- additional server side logic

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.NET Mobile Architecture

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Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit

Mobile Web Form Controls

- extended versions of web form controls- specific controls

Mobile Internet Designer

- extends Visual Studio . NET Device Capability Mechanism

- machine.config with device specific details

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Advantages

support for variety of devices write-once web pages

world-class tool support

customizability extensibility

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How .NET Mobile Applications Work??

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How .NET Mobile Applications Work??

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How .NET Mobile Applications Work??

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How .NET Mobile Applications Work??

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Stand Alone Mobile Applications

Miniature windows desktop applications

.NET Compact Framework- CLR implementation

Operating Systems that supports .NET CF

- Pocket PC’s

- Windows Mobile 2003

- smartphone 2003

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Comparison of .NET Compact

Framework with .NET Framework

CLR for .NET CF is 12% of .NET framework

.NET CF supports only VB and C#

Data Providers like OleDb, ODBC not

supported in .NET CF

SqlServerCe data provider for SQL Server

2000 Windows CE provided in .NET CF

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Comparison of .NET Compact

Framework with .NET Framework

.NET CF has additional form support withWindowsCE.Forms

COM Interop, Enterprise services, .NETRemoting are not supported in .NET CF

.NET CF includes Classes for Infrared Data Association and specific device components

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Benefits of .NET Compact Framework

Offline Capabilities Rich User Interface

Responsive User Interface

Device Support XML and Web services support

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Emulators

Mobile Web Applications

- Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0- Ericsson WAP Toolkit 3.1

- Nokia WAP Toolkit 3.1

Stand Alone Mobile Applications- Pocket PC 2002 Emulator

- Windows Mobile 2003 Emulator

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Demo

Mobile Web pages with Mobile Explorer 3.0

Mobile windows text editor with Pocket PC

2002 Emulator

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Conclusion

.NET provides excellent support for developing

mobile web applications for diverse mobile devices

.NET Compact Framework supports development of

stand alone windows based applications for high

processing power devices

.NET abstracts some challenges faced in mobile

application development from developer

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Acknowledgement

Dr. Mitchell Neilsen Dr. Gurdip Singh

Dr. Masaaki Mizuno

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