Dynamic Wap Application Development

by Foo, Soo Mee; Hoover, Christopher; Lee, Wei Meng

• ISBN13: 9781930110083
• ISBN10: 1930110081
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Manning Pubns Co

Summary

This guide to developing dynamic Web sites for wireless use introduces the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and offers an in-depth explanation of HDML, the language used by the majority of the Internet-enabled phones in the U.S., and WML, the XML-based successor to HDML.

Table of Contents

Part I Introducing wireless development	1	(40)
Understanding WAP	3	(19)
WAP application development platforms	22	(19)
Part II Introduction to WML	41	(80)
Getting started with WML	43	(20)
Navigating in WML	63	(18)
Getting information	81	(14)
Using variables in WML	95	(14)
Extending WML	109	(12)
Part III Introduction to WML Script	121	(38)
Getting started with WML Script	123	(9)
Using WML Script statements and operators	132	(14)
WMLScript functions and pragmas	146	(13)
Part IV Introducing HDML	159	(52)
Getting Started with HDML	161	(10)
Building interactivity with HDML	171	(15)
Using variables in HDML	186	(11)
Activities, bookmarks, cache, and access control	197	(14)
Part V Wireless application design issues	211	(32)
WAP design principles	213	(14)
Converting HDML to WML	227	(16)
Part VI Dynamic WAP applications with ASP	243	(106)
Introduction to Microsoft Active Server Pages	245	(26)
Database connectivity with ADO	271	(32)
Using ASP to generate dynamic WAP content	303	(22)
Using ASP to implement data-based WAP application	325	(13)
Troubleshooting your ASP/WAP application	338	(11)
Part VII Dynamic WAP applications with Java technologies	349	(134)
Introduction to Java Servlets	351	(15)
Database connectivity using JDBC	366	(14)
Using Java servlets to generate dynamic WAP content	380	(15)
Information tracking	395	(20)
Using Java servlets to implement database access	415	(21)
Introduction to JavaServer Pages	436	(11)
Developing email applications using Java	447	(36)
Part VIII Transforming XML into wireless formats	483	(126)
Introduction to XML, XPath, and XSLT	485	(39)
XML parsers and XSLT processors	524	(30)
Implementing transformations	554	(55)
Part IX Setting up a testing environment	609	(50)
Using WAP gateways	611	(35)
Configuring WAP devices	646	(13)
Part X Case studies	659	(70)
Mobile inventory and ordering system	661	(28)
Mobile library system	689	(40)
Part XI Appendices	729	(94)
appendix A WML elements	731	(21)
appendix B WML Script function libraries	752	(25)
appendix C HDML reference	777	(16)
appendix D Setting up PWS and IIS	793	(18)
appendix E HTTP/1.1 request and response headers	811	(12)
appendix F Java servlet packages	823