SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework [Paperback]

Rob Tiffany (Author)

Book Description

Series: Expert's Voice | Publication Date: September 2, 2003

SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework takes an in-depth look at SQL Server CE 2.0 and the .NET Compact Framework. This book illustrates how both Visual Basic .NET and C# can be used to build powerful database applications for the Pocket PC. While other .NET Compact Framework books try to broadly cover general programming issues, this book focuses strictly on database application development.

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About the Author

Rob Tiffany is the Vice President of Software Development for the energy brokerage house APB Financial, where he focuses his efforts on the Truequote energy trading platform. In addition to his day job, Rob is a speaker, editor, columnist, instructor, and author of articles for various magazines with topics ranging from PersonalJava to Wireless development.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (September 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590591194
• ISBN-13: 978-1590591192
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction books, Rob Tiffany has spent the last decade combining his military past with his high-tech present to take readers from the depths of the ocean to the world of mobile apps. Rob served with the Navy SEALs on a special ops delivery vehicle and patrolled the seas on a Trident submarine. As an Architect at the world's largest software company, he's in-demand as an advisor to executives and a speaker at conferences all over the world.

He lives in the Pacific Northwest and you can learn more about him by subscribing to his blog at http://robtiffany.com and following him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/robtiffany.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, October 14, 2003

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Bradley Jones (Fishers, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework (Paperback)

A book that focuses on database programming using SQL Server CE. More importantly (and let me say "finally!"), this book uses Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the .NET Compact Framework instead of still using the stand alone Mobile Information Toolkit and the older Visual Studio .NET product.

VS .NET 2003 makes developing applications soooo easy that a developer that has created a Windows form application can whip out a Pocket PC application in a matter of minutes.

Building an application that is robust and corporate ready; however, requires a more robust database. It also makes the application a bit more complex.

SQL Server CE is the database I choose for my applications. This book addresses all of the questions I've run into up to this point. Since answering questions is what I am using the book for, what more can I say!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Book for SQLCE and NETCF, March 15, 2004

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Ace "siravicb" (Columbus, OH, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework (Paperback)

I am pretty new to the all of .NET, and this book was an amzing learning experience for the budding programmer in me.

This book covered the subject very well and provided examples constantly, a very big plus is that all the examples are done in both C# and VB.NET (though the 2 languages arent that hard to convert to the other).

Overall a really good book and one that belongs in your collection of Mobile Development books if you are serious about the NETCF and SQL CE.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, October 29, 2003

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William G. Ryan ".NET Nut" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework (Paperback)

Well, I had pretty high expectations on this book. I never did any PDA development before the Compact Framework, and I was browsing PDA books one day. I came across Rob's last book and bought it just because it was so interesting. Dan Fergus had told me about Rob's new book (and if you haven't bought Dan's new book, the Definitive Guide to the Compact Framework, but it with this one b/c they are both MUST haves) and I figured it'd be really cool.

i was right. Why? Well, Rob is, if nothing else, informed and interesting. He makes you want to read more. he covers all of the normal Pitfalls and Gotcha's that you normally encounter with CE development (and yes, there are a few).

His discussion on Security alone justifies buying this book. Everything else is icing on the cake. And very good icing it is.

Of the few people that truly understand a complex subject, even fewer know how to teach others. Rob is unquestionably one of these individuals, and his book is a bargain at any price!

Bill ...