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Programming Applications with the Wireless Application Protocol: The Complete Developer's Guide (WAP) (Hardcover)

by Steve Mann (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Har/Cdr edition (20 Jan 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0471327549
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471327547
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,360,110 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The WAP just left the gate, but it's already delivering great Internet content to users of mobile phones and other wireless devices. Programming Applications with the Wireless Application Protocol is the first book to explain how to develop WAP-aware programs, and it does a super job with both the client and server sides of the transaction.

Because the applications developers reading this book largely won't know much about WAP's particulars, author Steve Mann opens with an intelligent explanation of how WAP integrates HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) with the wireless network. He then documents all wireless mark-up language (WML) elements and shows how to bring WML cards and decks to life with WMLScript. He documents the scripting language's syntax fully, and steps through the construction of a simple WML/WMLScript game that teaches some lessons.

Programmers itching to get to work on the server side will appreciate Mann's dissection of WorldFAQ, a content server that responds to client-side queries from WAP devices. Implemented as a Java servlet, WorldFAQ looks up requested values in a comma-delimited text file. The author assumes you know a fair amount about Java and its servlet classes, but he is careful to explain the lookup logic and a lot of the HTTP details. Sections on caching, graphics and internationalisation also use Java in examples. --David Wall, Amazon.com

Topics covered: The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), versions 1.0 and 1.1, and its cast of supporting technologies, especially Wireless Mark-up Language (WML) and WMLScript. There is material on the inner workings of a WML content server, graphics, and internationalisation techniques.

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"...is the first book to explain how to develop WAP programs, and should simply and quickly get you WAP–wise" (Internet Works, October 2000)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, used this for my MSc dissertation., 21 Aug 2000
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I used to book to study about the WAP protocol and learn how to use WML and WMLScript. I used this book for my MSc Computer Science dissertation and it provides good example, although there some errors in the code.

This book gives a good all round explanation of WAP, WML and WMLScript. A good purchase.

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2.0 out of 5 stars There are better books out there, 8 Aug 2000
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This book is already out of date. Still, it does an adequate job of teaching the basics of WML and WMLScript, as well as the underlying principles of how WAP works. However, if you want more detailed information on WAP and existing internet technologies (ASP, XML) and some insight into the forthcoming changes/additions to the specifications I STRONGLY recommend all but the most insecure WAP newbies out there buy "Professional WAP" instead - the book I bought to replace this.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bringing a touch of reality, 31 May 2000
By huw@cymro.globalnet.co.uk (School of Computer Science, Manchester University, UK) - See all my reviews
Hi, I'm a Masters student specialising in software engineering and as WAP goes, this is a good book. It teaches you everything you will ever need to know about WAP and how it works.

From a programming book, I've read the entire book, tried every single example going, and from the middle of chapter 2 onwards, DON'T expect the examples to work!

I've a Nokia 7110 and it's very discouraging for someone who is trying to learn WML to find a book which claims to teach but only aggrevates the reader. The code looks good, unfortunate really that none of the examples work. I can't emphasise this point enough.

WAP Content: 5 stars WML Content: 0 stars Overall: 1 star, as understanding how WAP works is only a very small part of the book's emphasis.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to WAP, will get you up to speed quickly.
A very good inroduction to WAP.

Covers WML, WMLScript etc reasonably well.

You will need additional books to become a fully fledged programmer in WAP, but it does a good job... Read more

Published on 26 May 2000 by Philip

4.0 out of 5 stars An good introduction to WAP/WML
Worth every penny! Steve Mann has done a good no-nonsense job of introducing WML to the budding WAP developer.

This is no heavyweight tome. Read more

Published on 28 Jan 2000

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