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Getting Started with Smart Device Projects

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Visual Studio includes tools and frameworks that help you develop applications for Pocket PC, Smartphone, and other Windows CE .NET-based platforms. If you do not have a smart device, you can create and test your smart device applications by using emulation technology without leaving the Visual Studio integrated development environment.

Visual Studio supports Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual C++ languages for smart device application development.

In This Section

What's New in Smart Device Projects: Describes new features for Visual Studio for smart device projects.
Application Development Overview (Devices): Discusses solutions that are based on Windows CE, design issues for small devices, porting existing solutions, selecting a programming language, comparisons with desktop development, and terminology issues.
Device Capabilities and Required Development Tools: Describes the various versions of smart devices and the tools that are required to develop for each.
Hardware and Software Requirements for Smart Device Projects: Lists the requirements for building device applications, connecting to devices, and running applications on the device during the development phase.
How to: Optimize Help for Smart Device Development: Describes how best to use Help and its accompanying filters for device projects.
Updating Projects Created with Previous Tools: Describes how to port projects developed with earlier versions and tools.
How Do I in Smart Device Development: Provides links to help on common smart device issues.

Other Resources

Mobile Developer Center

Smart Device Development

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