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| AUTHOR: | Nick Grattan |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Prentice Hall PTR |
| ISBN: | 0130650773 |
| TYPE: | Basic (Programming Language), Computer Bks - Languages / Programming, Computer Books: General, Computers, Database Management - General, Hardware - Handheld Computing, Hardware - Personal Computers - General, Microcomputers, Microsoft Visual BASIC, Pocket computers, Portable computers, Programming Languages - BASIC, Programming Languages - Visual BASIC, Computers / Database Management / General |
| MEDIA: | Paperback |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 076092012320 |
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Customer Reviews of Pocket PC, Handheld PC Developer's Guide with Microsoft Embedded Visual Basic
Wireless Bliss Nick's book is a must if even for the chapters on SOAP and .Net Web Services. The HTTP object that ships with the CD (and updated for Pocket PC 2002 on his website www.nickgrattan.org) is very useful, especially for a non C++ atl developer such as myself. I have found it very easy with guidance from this book to develop, in eVB, wireless applications both on and off the corporate intranet. With very little effort I have been able to satisfy managers normally gasping for MIS, and leave them rolling over and purring like pussycats. Well done Nick.
Recommended for the intermediate developer
I bought this along with Tiffany and Tacke. My development project involves several PocketPC's working in a wireless networked data management environment. For my purposes Tiffany was a throw away because he never gets beyond the basic Access and ADO subjects. Tacke provides details of his sample SQLCE application. Gratton is most useful because he writes to the intermediate level, provides insight on technology and architecture, teaches the methods of using/creating key features, and doesn't waste time and patience. I found him pulling up short only on the topic of customization for merge conflict resolution, but this is probably covered in SQL Server docs. His discussion on XML, SOAP and .NET gives a valuable heads-up on Web services. Grattan is a great starting point for the serious enterprise developer.
Takes you alot further than Microsoft...
This is a really good book for trying to understand the bewildering array of tools needing to come together to develop in eVB for the PocketPC. Nick's projects examples are more robust and more correct examples of how to write code for eVB than the Microsoft examples. Most of the explanations I have read so far in this book (I just got it last night) were just the right medicine I needed to make the next part of the project come together. What I really like about this book is that its really to the point of what does it take to make the application work. From where to get the correct software updates (SDK's, SSCE, etc), how to setup the project, how to use the controls, and enough working example of code interacting with control and libraries to make it all come together. The author doesnt spew out conceptual market buzz fluff, he gets you to code that works quickly. The treatment of SQL Server CE was worth the price of the book. ... Definitely a keeper !