Start with .NET Compact Framework

Hi guys,

I know VB6 and eVB fairly well, and am currently
transitioning to VB.NET.
I have developed quite complex apps for Pocket PC 2002
using eVB

I need to recreate/improve existing eVB applications using
VB.NET (.NET Compact Framework).
The product we are about to develop will be core product,
which will be extended in next versions. Therefore it must
be well design and written from the beginning, having in
mind performance, security, reusability issues etc.

I hope you can recommend some Best Practices and Design
Patterns, articles, sample codes ., books.
The most important issues for me are:
- reusability/interoperability - I would like to create
the product, which is composed of many reusable, addable
components, also I would like the end user to be able to
configure those components (e.g. - changing user
interfaces, adding new functionalities, additional tools -
for this I was thinking about providing some SDK , which
can be used by end users)
-Performance - one of disadvantages of current eVB apps is
a speed, We are using many controls plus lots of data is
retrieved from SQL CE database, loading some of the
screens (especially for the first time) takes too much
time.

Will I be able to improve the speed of the app using
vb.NET and Compact Framework? What guidelines, tips should
I follow to make sure my code, data accessing etc is
optimized?

Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks for your time
Greg

Ginny
Mon Sep 08 14:19:45 CDT 2003

Greg,

Gosh, those are a lot of questions! :-)

I'll start by recommending a book - .Net Compact Framework by Wigley and
Wheelwright. Although most of the code samples in the book are in C#, there are
VB samples that you can download, and the book covers all the basics.

A good general web source is www.opennetcf.org, which contains samples, FAQs and
links to other .NetCF sites here: http://www.opennetcf.org/res_sites.asp

And a good general newsgroup is
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework. And Welcome!
--
Ginny Caughey
Windows Embedded MVP

"Greg Zwierzynski" <gregZ@m-trilogix.com> wrote in message
news:43a701c37635$29355090$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi guys,
>
> I know VB6 and eVB fairly well, and am currently
> transitioning to VB.NET.
> I have developed quite complex apps for Pocket PC 2002
> using eVB
>
> I need to recreate/improve existing eVB applications using
> VB.NET (.NET Compact Framework).
> The product we are about to develop will be core product,
> which will be extended in next versions. Therefore it must
> be well design and written from the beginning, having in
> mind performance, security, reusability issues etc.
>
> I hope you can recommend some Best Practices and Design
> Patterns, articles, sample codes ., books.
> The most important issues for me are:
> - reusability/interoperability - I would like to create
> the product, which is composed of many reusable, addable
> components, also I would like the end user to be able to
> configure those components (e.g. - changing user
> interfaces, adding new functionalities, additional tools -
> for this I was thinking about providing some SDK , which
> can be used by end users)
> -Performance - one of disadvantages of current eVB apps is
> a speed, We are using many controls plus lots of data is
> retrieved from SQL CE database, loading some of the
> screens (especially for the first time) takes too much
> time.
>
> Will I be able to improve the speed of the app using
> vb.NET and Compact Framework? What guidelines, tips should
> I follow to make sure my code, data accessing etc is
> optimized?
>
> Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated!
> Thanks for your time
> Greg
>

Greg
Mon Sep 08 14:29:14 CDT 2003

Thanks a lot,

It's appreciated
Greg
>-----Original Message-----
>Greg,
>
>Gosh, those are a lot of questions! :-)
>
>I'll start by recommending a book - .Net Compact
Framework by Wigley and
>Wheelwright. Although most of the code samples in the
book are in C#, there are
>VB samples that you can download, and the book covers all
the basics.
>
>A good general web source is www.opennetcf.org, which
contains samples, FAQs and
>links to other .NetCF sites here:
http://www.opennetcf.org/res_sites.asp
>
>And a good general newsgroup is
>microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework. And
Welcome!
>--
>Ginny Caughey
>Windows Embedded MVP
>
>"Greg Zwierzynski" <gregZ@m-trilogix.com> wrote in message
>news:43a701c37635$29355090$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I know VB6 and eVB fairly well, and am currently
>> transitioning to VB.NET.
>> I have developed quite complex apps for Pocket PC 2002
>> using eVB
>>
>> I need to recreate/improve existing eVB applications
using
>> VB.NET (.NET Compact Framework).
>> The product we are about to develop will be core
product,
>> which will be extended in next versions. Therefore it
must
>> be well design and written from the beginning, having in
>> mind performance, security, reusability issues etc.
>>
>> I hope you can recommend some Best Practices and Design
>> Patterns, articles, sample codes ., books.
>> The most important issues for me are:
>> - reusability/interoperability - I would like to create
>> the product, which is composed of many reusable, addable
>> components, also I would like the end user to be able
to
>> configure those components (e.g. - changing user
>> interfaces, adding new functionalities, additional
tools -
>> for this I was thinking about providing some SDK , which
>> can be used by end users)
>> -Performance - one of disadvantages of current eVB apps
is
>> a speed, We are using many controls plus lots of data is
>> retrieved from SQL CE database, loading some of the
>> screens (especially for the first time) takes too much
>> time.
>>
>> Will I be able to improve the speed of the app using
>> vb.NET and Compact Framework? What guidelines, tips
should
>> I follow to make sure my code, data accessing etc is
>> optimized?
>>
>> Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated!
>> Thanks for your time
>> Greg
>>
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