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title: "Compact framework resources needed"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/10/compact-framework-resources-needed.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/10/compact-framework-resources-needed.html"
published: "2003-03-10T08:22:00"
updated: "2003-03-10T08:22:00"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "A friend asked me for reasons why he should consider creating mobile applications using compact framework. since this is not my \"thing\" for now, I could not give him good reasons or resources. Perhaps you can help me…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Compact framework resources needed

By Roy Osherove March 10, 2003

**Historical article** · Originally published March 10, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

A friend asked me for reasons why he should consider creating mobile applications using compact framework. since this is not my "thing" for now, I could not give him good reasons or resources. Perhaps you can help me compile a list of bonafied resources for compact framework.

here are the resources i came up with:

1) [http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/](http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/CompactFramework/)

...

doh.... gotta go to lunch... ;)


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