Developer platform for WM, WP7, iOS
Resco MobileApp Studio

Resco MobileApp Studio is a Microsoft Visual Studio based developer platform, which can be used for development of mobile applications for multiple mobile platforms (Windows Mobile, Windows CE,  Tablet PC, Windows Phone 7⁽¹⁾, iPhone and iPad⁽¹⁾. It consists of suites of WinForms and Silverlight controls, together with advanced designers and tools allowing developers quickly design and build mobile forms. Since all the controls and tools are integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio, they can be easily accessed and used from this familiar development environment using programming languages, such as C# or Visual Basic .NET. iOS support is provided through the MonoTouch developer tool, extended with the Resco's UI controls.

Competitive advantages

• Rapid mobile app developer platforms integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio
• Fast and simple development
• Contains:
  • Resco MobileForms Toolkit – WinForms controls for Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Tablet PC
  • Resco MobileLight Toolkit – Silverlight controls for Windows Phone 7 ⁽¹⁾
  • Resco MobileTouch Toolkit – iOS controls for MonoTouch ⁽¹
• Includes advanced UI and data-binding designers
• Customization opportunities through VB or C# source code

Watch the video: How to build a list form How to build a detail form

Target group

• Suitable for companies that need business mobile applications while having just a little mobile development experience
• For all developers looking for a rapid development tool — first functional app can be designed in about few minutes

Designers

• Easy to use and intuitive designers allow developers to quickly design list or detail forms
• The forms design is created without any need of dealing with code
• The designer generates C# or Visual Basic code automatically and attaches it to the entire project

Themes and Styles

• Allow developers to define custom styles of visual elements and apply them to all forms in the entire application
• Attractive form and style themes help developers to startup a mobile app project
• The idea of UI of the styles is similar to Microsoft Office Word

Data binding

• Can be created with help of a wizard and offers 3 basic data binding techniques:
  • SQL CE Database — allows data binding to tables/columns, or SQL query
  • Manual setup — allows setting up the DataColumns manually
  • CLR Class — suitable for database business models, which have already been implemented in the entire project or any external project

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⁽¹⁾ Release is scheduled for September 28, 2010.