- Getting started_: new features in .NET Compact Framework 2.0

You have seen the introduction to the .NET Compact Framework. This post talks more on the latest version 2.0 of the framework.

I shall not delve deep into the previous version of the .NET Compact Framework, but it suffices to say that it was working well, and that version 2.0 improves on it a lot more. It's not hard to tell, looking at the new features the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 offers beyond it's older cousin:

• Additional Windows Forms features and controls
• Anonymous methods
• COM Interoperability (RCW)
• Cryptographic support for MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES, RSA
• DataSet improvements
• Direct3D and DirectDraw Mobile
• Generics
• Imrpoved threading
• IPv6 support
• Messsage queueing (MSMQ)
• Networking support for NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos authentication protocols
• Partial classes
• Pocket Outlook managed library
• RegistryKey class
• Serial port support
• Simplified asynchronous Web Services programming model
• SOAP 1.2 support
• Telephony managed library
• XML improvements and support for XmlSerializer, Xpath, Schema

I'm interested in the ones that are boldfaced. Let's delve into them some time.

Categories: [Getting started_] Tags: [netcf2] [Compact Framework] [Windows Mobile]