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Application development for desktop and PDA-style devices: issues and lessons learned

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Software development for mobile devices is relative new and has its own challenges, especially when developing a single application that will run on either a PDA or a notebook PC. This work describes the development of a sales system for use by a salesperson in the field. Windows-based devices and Microsoft development tools were used to implement the application for the .NET Framework for the notebook PC and the .NET Compact Framework for the PDA. (One might run into a totally different set of issues attempting to do this with Java and J2ME). Developing a common code base for classes was relative easy, but was difficult for the user interface. Issues faced and lessons learned during the application development are outlined in this work. The application software architecture, hardware, database, and connectivity are also described.

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Microsoft Launches Mobile Developer Solution Featuring .NET Compact Framework, retrieved November 11, 2004, from http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/mar03/0319NETcfPR.asp
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Standard ECMA-335, retrieved on November 11, 2004, from http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm
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Edson, Dave & Socha-Leialoah, John (2004, December). Optimize Your Pocket PC Development with the .NET Compact Framework, MSDN Magazine, vol. 19, no. 12, 56--68.
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As of this writing, myVGA is available for download from http://www.pocketpctools.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=index&c=8. Information about the product, including installation instructions, and a discussion forum were available at the site.
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    ACMSE '05 vol 2: Proceedings of the 43rd annual ACM Southeast Conference - Volume 2
    March 2005
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    ISBN:1595930590
    DOI:10.1145/1167253
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    1. development for PDA devices
    2. interoperability
    3. window styles

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