"The release of the .NET Compact Framework enables mobile application development to make use of the same tools and languages used in server and desktop application development."

"The .NET Compact Framework contains a subset of the .NET Framework types and namespaces. There is also an integrated part of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET environment called Smart Device Programmability that includes support for development with the .NET Compact Framework, for example, forms designer, device emulator, and so on. In essence, the new platform and improvements in tools and languages help increase the quality of mobile application development, code, execution, and deployment. The following figure illustrates in overview the relationship between the development building blocks . . . "

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