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Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and its related technologies are emerging as the standard way of creating network-wise software for wireless computing devices, such as mobile telephones. Wrox Press's crack team of programmer-writers have put together a winner in
Professional WAP. To a greater extent than any other WAP book on the market, this volume shows its readers how to do real work by using WAP, Wireless Markup Language (WML), WMLScript, and various toolkits and servers that ease wireless application development. Best of all, the authors realize that most folks working as WAP developers have Web roots; they explain their subjects in terms that anyone with a bit of HTML and Web-scripting (JavaScript or VBScript) background should be able to follow easily.
Aside from the overview sections that explain WAP technologies in broad terms, this book focuses on code. Readers see software literally "develop" through the course of each chapter, as the authors start out with a relatively simple illustration and build on it, adding features and demonstrating capabilities as they go along. Generally high-grade commentary accompanies the evolving code, so this book proves almost as useful away from the development workstation as at it. Overall, the book earns its price with its in-depth coverage of such important, firm standards as WMLScript, supplemented by less detailed--but still useful--attention to such ancillary technologies as VoiceXML. --David Wall
Topics covered: Development of software for mobile telephones and other portable devices with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Wireless Markup Language (WML), WMLScript, Active Server Pages (ASP), ColdFusion, Java, and other languages and technologies. Task-oriented sections deal with the specifics of working with e-mail in WAP applications, integration of WAP with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), and content pushing.
Présentation de l'éditeur
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) provides a universal, open standard for bringing Internet content and advanced services to mobile phones and other wireless devices. Designed from the start to take account of the limitations of today's devices - small screen, low power and low bandwidth - WAP is the platform for the new generation of media phones. Professional WAP gives a broad overview of WAP and associated technologies. It covers the WAP architecture and protocols, what WAP tools and servers are available for developers today, and how to get started in WAP development. From an introduction to WML and WML Script, the book moves on to practical examples that show you how to leverage existing technologies to make content and services available over WAP More advanced topics include m-commerce, security, and integration of telephony with Internet services using WTA. Who is this book for ? The book is principally aimed at web developers who are experienced in HTML, scripting, probably some server-side technology, and who now need to find out how to apply their skills in the WAP world. It will also appeal to project managers, application architects, and other professionals who want to gain an understanding of WAP technologies and how their businesses could benefit from them. What does this book cover ? WAP architecture and protocol stack. WML and WML Script. Generating WAP content with ASP, JSP and ColdFusion. Using XML and XSLT for data-centric sites serving multiple client types. Integrating e-mail into WAP applications. WAP security a WAP 1*2 features including push and WTA.
