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Developers for mobile devices have always played "second fiddle" to the desktop and server developers in regards to the tools they are given to do their jobs. They've had to work with scaled back versions of VB, C++, Visual Studio, etc. To work around some of those limitations other companies have come to the rescue offering workaround plug-ins and .dlls that can be inserted to give the developer functionality that was missing from the original development platform.
Today, we find out through infoWorld that Visual Studio 2005 is claiming to give "Handheld apps development to equal desktop development." The new version will give easier development of C++ apps, will give easier access to the Pocket Outlook Databases - which is sort of a nightmare right now (I know) -- and will offer "wizard technology" that will replicate SQL databases between Mobile devices and Servers better. "Due to ship next year, Visual Studio 2005 will support native Active Template Library (ATL) to ease development of C++ applications for devices, said Jonathan Wells, product manager for Microsoft .Net Compact Framework. Currently, ATL is limited to desktop applications. Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), which provides the same functionality, also will be extended to mobile development. Embedded Visual C, for building COM objects, will be included as well and cease to be its own product, although existing versions still will be supported. These COM objects can be extended to devices. "
What does this mean to the average Pocket PC user? More desktop-equivalent apps...at least that's what we hope..
The new version will give easier development of C++ apps, will give easier access to the Pocket Outlook Databases - which is sort of a nightmare right now (I know) -- and will offer "wizard technology" that will replicate SQL databases between Mobile devices and Servers better.
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