“Windows Mobile” is an operating system for high end mobile phones. It’s produce by Microsoft. Windows Mobile development is the practice of designing and writing software that runs on a Windows Mobile handset device. It’s very similar to Windows desktop development. There are a variety of software development products available to write code for a Windows Mobile device, the by far and above, the most popular product is Microsoft Visual Studio (VS).
VS provides an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) with an image of a generic looking smart phone. Within that, the programmer can visually design the windows in the application. Code is written very similarly to the way it’s written for a Windows desktop application.
Windows Mobile applications generally take advantage of some feature or features that are unique to smart phones (as opposed to a standard Windows PC), like GPS access, phone capabilities, camera, touch, etc…
Of course, this is just a very very basic and very broad description of Windows Mobile development. Literally VOLUMES of books have been written on the various ways to accomplish Windows Mobile development. This article is just a very very thin, intro explanation of what Windows Mobile development is. Please see the following articles about the other types of software development to see a contrast to this style of programming:
- Web Development.
- Windows Development.
- iPhone Development.
- Google Android Development.
- Windows Services Development.
- Web Services Development.
- Library or Framework Development.
- Visual Component Development.
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