Tutorials

Introduction

To help get developers started using 51Degrees.mobi .NET Mobile Framework we've provided some handy tutorials covering the key features. Start up Visual Studio and select one of the following tutorials to get going.

Existing Skills

We've written 51Degrees.mobi to be as simple to use as possible. We do, however, expect a basic understanding of ASP.NET Web Forms development to avoid repeating non-mobile related documentation (which is covered in dedicated books and on MSDN). Developers entirely new to ASP.NET should consider reading a beginner's guide before using these tutorials. Developers who've already created basic web sites in ASP.NET Web Forms will be perfectly at home.

Versions

Like all our products, these tutorials work in .NET version 2.0 or greater and on Visual Studio 2005, 2008 or 2010. After all, developing mobile web applications shouldn't require a major upgrade and all the risk that goes along with it.

Tutorials

Number	Tutorial	Summary
1	Installation	Install 51Degrees.mobi - .Net Mobile Framework and confirm the installation is successful.
2	Emulators	Configure IIS to work with mobile device emulators improving development productivity.
3	Hello World	Add a mobile label control to a mobile page and understand major differences compared to standard ASP.NET.
4	Mobile Profile	Use a simple database to gain additional insight into the mobile device performance, optimise view state and persist data.
5	Clever Images	Optimise images to consume the bare minimum amount of data for the display on the requesting mobile device without compromising image quality.
6	Entering Text	Make it easier for your users to enter text by remembering previous values and providing common options.
7	Dates	Captures dates quickly and easily using all the capabilities of the requesting mobile device.
8	Location	Find out where the requesting mobile device is or get location information from users.
9	Maps	Display maps from Google or Bing, move around and show multiple markers.
10	Data Lists and Pagers	Display lists of items and page between them.
11	Styling Mobile Controls	Style mobile web applications using different common characteristics of mobile devices such as screen size or input method.
12	Deployment	Deploy the Framework onto a production server and configure IIS and SQL.