Professional Cross-Platform Mobile Development in C#

With employees, rather than the IT department, now driving the decision of which devices to use on the job, many companies are scrambling to integrate enterprise applications. Fortunately, enterprise developers can now create apps for all major mobile devices using C#/.NET and Mono, languages most already know. A team of authors draws on their vast experiences to teach you how to create cross-platform mobile applications, while delivering the same functionality to PC's, laptops and the web from a single technology platform and code-base. Rather than reinventing the wheel with each app, this book provides you with the tools you need for cross-platform development--no new languages needed!

• Presents an overview of the sea change occurring with the use of enterprise mobile applications and what it means for developers
• Shares the criteria for evaluating and selecting the best option for application architecture
• Reviews tools and techniques for setting up a cross-platform development environment
• Offers an introduction to the MonoCross open-source project and pattern for cross-platform development

Packed with specific software design patterns, development best practices, code examples and sample applications, this must-have book gets you started developing cross-platform mobile apps today.

Scott Olson is a writer for iPhone Life and the lead architect at ITR Mobility. He has over 18 years of development experience.

John Hunter has been developing and architecting apps for more than two decades and currently serves as a lead consulting architect at ITR Mobility.

Ben Horgen is the lead technical analyst for mobile applications at Ameriprise Financial and has more than a decade of development experience.

Kenny Goers has been developing software since 1998 and is currently a mobile application architect at ITR Mobility.