company.
(Click here for a larger view of the first slide in Microsoft's ".NET Compact Framework asynchronous programming techniques" webcast)
Microsoft says its new webcast, "24 Hours of Windows Mobile application development: .NET Compact Framework asynchronous programming techniques," marks the twelfth in a series of 24. Nominally lasting one hour, the presentation actually runs nearly 70 minutes, and is hosted by longtime embedded developer Maarten Struys (right).
As described on Microsoft's website, the webcast deals with the company's
.NET Compact Framework 3.5, said to provide developers with a variety of ways to use
asynchronous programming techniques inside their managed application. Struys's presentation will "demystify multithreading," explaining "how to properly start and terminate threads, update user interface controls inside multiple threads, and call Web services asynchronously," the company says.
A PowerPoint slide (left) and screencast (right), contained in Microsoft's asynchronous programming webcast
(Click either to enlarge)Like the first eleven webcasts in the series, "24 Hours of Windows Mobile application development: .NET Compact Framework asynchronous programming techniques" features a mix of PowerPoint slides (left), plus video screencasts (right) demonstrating the use of
Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows Mobile device emulator. The downloadable presentation is viewable in its entirety using Internet Explorer and Microsoft's Office Live Meeting software (as shown above), or as a Windows Media video.
The program's host, Maarten Struys, is a technical manager at PTS Software in the Netherlands. He speaks regularly at Windows-related conferences, and is also a freelance journalist who maintains a
blog on the
.NET for Devices website.
Other recent offerings in the "24 Hours" series have included guides to
Windows Mobile networking,
location awareness,
automated mobile code testing,
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Power Toys,
using Pocket Outlook functionality,
developing "battery-friendly" applications and
programming for different form factors.
Further informationTo view "24 hours of Windows Mobile application development: .NET Compact Framework asynchronous programming techniques," go to MSDN,
here. [A Windows Live ID and password will be requested]. Note that the cited web page is mistakenly labeled as dealing with "IPC and true push technology," but does lead to the webcast described above.
To get a list of other available webcasts devoted to Windows Mobile development, see Microsoft's website,
here.
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