Wireless Web Development

by RISCHPATER RAY

• ISBN13: 9781590590287
• ISBN10: 1590590287
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Wireless Web Development, Second Editionprovides both a substantial engineering and business background to wireless developers, covering numerous facets of wireless web software geared toward today's mobile platforms and mobile devices. Current wireless technologies, including wireless HTML, WAP 2.0, XML, Palm's WCA, and i-mode, are discussed in detail, with individual chapters devoted to each. Author and industry veteran Ray Rischpater places special emphasis on the differences between the Web and the wireless Web, and even between wireless devices themselves, helping the reader to better understand the engineering and interface issues that must be addressed when creating wireless web applications.By providing the latest information about technologies that have emerged since the first edition was published (i-mode, the growing emphasis on XML in wireless, and WAP 2.0), as well as relegating to historical status those technologies that have failed the test of time (Microsoft Mobile Channels and HDML), Rischpater offers readers a comprehensive and completely updated guide to the latest wireless technologies and development strategies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
About the Author	xiv
About the Technical Reviewer	xv
Introduction	xvi
A Wireless Data Primer	1	(10)
A Bit of Wireless Data History	1	(2)
A Bit of Technical Talk	3	(4)
Putting It All Together: How a Cellular System Works	7	(2)
Summary	9	(2)
The Wireless Landscape	11	(24)
An Explosive Growth Industry	11	(1)
Uses of the Wireless Web	12	(1)
The Opportunities for Wireless Development	12	(2)
The Fundamentals of Wireless Development	14	(3)
The Computing Capacity Gap: Handheld versus Desktop	17	(2)
Exploring Markup Options	19	(6)
Exploring Hardware Options	25	(3)
What Makes the Wireless Market Unique?	28	(6)
Summary	34	(1)
The Wireless User Interface	35	(14)
Meeting User Expectations	35	(2)
Designing the User Interface	37	(2)
Creating User-Friendly Content	39	(9)
Summary	48	(1)
The Wireless World Wide Web	49	(18)
Reviewing Web Standards	49	(10)
Getting Presentation Tips	59	(6)
Summary	65	(2)
Server-Side Content Management	67	(24)
What Is Server-Side Scripting?	67	(2)
Using Server-Side Scripting in Mobile Applications	69	(3)
Managing Server-Side Content with Apache	72	(14)
Using a Transcoding Server	86	(2)
Using XML for Content Management	88	(2)
Summary	90	(1)
Server-Side Content-Management Scripting	91	(26)
Creating PHP-Powered Wireless Web Sites	91	(23)
Summary	114	(3)
eXtensible Markup Language	117	(18)
An XML Primer	117	(4)
Sharing Your XML Creation	121	(12)
Summary	133	(2)
HyperText Markup Language the Wireless Way	135	(34)
Picking a Version of HTML	135	(1)
Marking Up the Document Heading	136	(5)
Marking Up the Document Body	141	(19)
Creating a Form	160	(5)
Using Other HTML Tags	165	(1)
Summary	166	(3)
Palm Powered Web Clipping Applications	169	(12)
Introducing the Web Clipping Application Architecture	169	(2)
Learning WCA Fundamentals	171	(6)
Creating a Sample WCA	177	(3)
Summary	180	(1)
i-mode Applications	181	(10)
Looking at the i-mode Architecture	181	(2)
Creating Content for i-mode	183	(6)
Summary	189	(2)
Wireless Application Protocol	191	(12)
Introducing the WAP Standard	191	(3)
Using Tools for XHTML Mobile Profile	194	(1)
Understanding XHTML Mobile Profile	194	(8)
Summary	202	(1)
Wireless Markup Language	203	(44)
Why Use WML?	203	(2)
Designing WML User Interfaces	205	(3)
Creating Your First WAP Application	208	(1)
Viewing WML Content	209	(1)
Learning WML Syntax	210	(3)
Marking Up Documents with WML	213	(33)
Summary	246	(1)
Dynamic Content with WMLScript	247	(32)
Purposes of WMLScript	247	(1)
Exploring the Features of WMLScript	248	(1)
Creating a Simple WMLScript Application	249	(5)
Looking More Closely at WMLScript	254	(20)
Debugging Hints	274	(3)
Summary	277	(2)
Content Delivery	279	(24)
Pushing Web Content	279	(3)
Pushing with WAP	282	(7)
Synchronizing Web Content	289	(2)
Developing for AvantGo	291	(9)
Summary	300	(3)
Custom Applications: When a Browser Won't Work	303	(16)
Deciding to Roll Your Own	303	(6)
Picking a Platform	309	(8)
Summary	317	(2)
Appendix A Resources for Wireless Web Developers	319	(6)
WAP Specifications	319	(1)
Client-Side Tools	319	(3)
Server-Side Tools	322	(1)
Mobile Software Development	323	(2)
Appendix B Unified Modeling language for Web Developers	325	(10)
UML for Wireless Web Developers	326	(7)
Further Reading	333	(2)
Appendix C Handheld Device Markup Language	335	(32)
Introducing HDML	335	(2)
HDML or WML?	337	(1)
Creating Your First HDML Page	337	(1)
Using Browsers, Tools, and SDKs	338	(1)
Understanding HDML for Web Developers	339	(23)
Designing an HDML User Interface	362	(3)
Summary	365	(2)
Index	367