Monday, March 24, 2008

.NET Mobile Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn about .NET Mobile.

This tutorial is about how to develop mobile applications with an extension to the .NET Framework, called the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit (MMIT) or simply .NET Mobile.

Introduction to .NET Mobile

Background

Cell phones (mobile telephones) have become part of our life style.

One exciting thing about mobile devices is their ability to connect to the Internet and to execute web applications.

Mobile applications can now be developed to deliver any types of data, to any user, any place in the world!

Different mobile devices support different programming languages. Some support WAP and WML, some support HTML or a limited version of HTML, and some support both or a different language.

To support all types of mobile devices, developers must create one different application for each language.

With .NET Mobile, Microsoft has introduced a new platform for developing mobile applications.

This tutorial is about how to develop applications with an extension to the .NET Framework, called the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit (MMIT) or simply .NET Mobile.

What You Should Already Know

Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

  • HTML / XHTML
  • XML namespaces
  • ASP .NET
.NET Mobile

.NET Mobile is an extension to Microsoft ASP.NET and the Microsoft's .NET Framework.

.NET Mobile is a set of server-side Forms Controls to build applications for wireless mobile devices.

These controls produce different output for different devices by generating WML, HTML, or compact HTML.

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