Building Solutions with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework: Architecture and Best Practices for Mobile Development

Executive Summary

In the last two years, Microsoft has made two fundamental and important changes in its technology offerings. The first is the inclusion of XML Web Services as a cross-platform integration technology. XML Web Services relies on an XML grammar (Simple Object Access Protocol, or SOAP) to achieve platform, language, and device independence by providing a standardized, programmable way to invoke logic exposed on a Web server. Indeed, it is the hope of Microsoft and many others in the industry that XML Web Services will power a world where applications running on a variety of devices and platforms make use of a ubiquitous “Web Services fabric” to stay connected and integrate disparate silos of information, including business and personal ...