Using Community Resources
Application development with the .NET Compact Framework presents two particular challenges:
The BCL contains only a subset of the functionality of the full .NET Framework. The product group at Microsoft decided what to implement and what to leave out, and those choices have been, on the whole, good ones. However, inevitably some functionality is missing that some developers may find useful.
Mobile development is challenging because of the demanding computing environment in which mobile applications operate: network connections may be intermittent or unreliable, security is a prime concern because of the risk of a device being lost or stolen, and, for the GUI developer, there are problems writing a GUI that will work well ...
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