Kühner, principal software engineer for Vallon GmbH in Germany and an early adopter of the .NET Micro Framework, provides a detailed examination of the .NET runtime environment in this instructional reference work. The author introduces the .NET Micro Framework and its tools and guides readers through the entire base class library. He follows up with instruction on how to use and write managed drivers to access hardware components, how to use and provide Web services on devices with the Device Profile for Web Services, and how to write applications with rich graphical interfaces. Extensible emulator and emulator components also are addressed. This reference is intended for .NET developers or traditional embedded developers with a background in assemble language C or C++. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)