Practical WAP
Developing Applications for the Wireless Web

Learn to build applications for the wireless Web. Ideal for software developers, architects, and managers.

Chris Bennett (Author)

9780521005616, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 19 April 2001

448 pages, 50 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm, 0.602 kg

'… the book as a whole is most relevant to designers, system architects and others of a more technical bent getting into WAP. This audience should find the book both useful and enlightening.' Steve Goodwin, Computing and Control Engineering Journal

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Computer networking & communications [UT], Computer programming / software development [UM], Internet guides & online services [UDB], Business & management [KJ]