Chris Bennett

Practical WAP

Developing Applications for the Wireless Web

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The marriage of mobile communications with Internet technologies opens up the Web to a vastly expanded audience. New types of applications that take advantage of user location, provide time-critical information, and offer personalized content are now possible. WAP, the Wireless Application Protocol, provides the technology to build this wireless Web. You will learn about the WAP Forum, mobile devices, and what makes a good WAP application. This book shows you around the WAP standards, explaining which ones you really need to build WAP applications. It guides you through the critical success factors in designing WAP applications and helps you choose the right architecture for your WAP project Tutorials on WML (the HTML of wireless web) WMLScript, and Push technology are combined with real world examples to make Practical WAP ideal for software developers, architects, and managers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9780521005616
• ISBN-10: 0521005612
• Artikelnr.: 10232178

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. A WAP Primer: 1 Introduction; 2 Technical overview; 3 Applications; 4 Tools; Part II. The WAP Development Standards: 5 Wireless Markup Language; 6 Wireless Markup Language - beyond the basics; 7 WMLScript; 8 Push applications; Part III. WAP in Practice: 9 Design factors; 10 Architectures; 11 Usability and testing; 12 Application development case study; 13 Future of WAP; Appendix A. WML 1.3 Reference; Appendix B. Source code; Glossary.

Rezensionen

'Practical WAP is the first book you should but on the Wireless Application Protocol. Bennett has provided an excellent and current guidebook to the complex and shifting landscape of WAP standards. It is concise. timely and Pragmatic.' K. Scott Morrison, Infowave Software Inc.