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Mike McGrath
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Pages: 192 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1840781122
Pub: Computer Step
Pub date: 2000-07-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 755465
Editorial Review:
Are you tempted to explore the hot new world of Wireless Application Protocol programming? Then WAP in Easy Steps may be just the introduction you are looking for.
This clear and easy-to-read guide does an excellent job of explaining how WAP applications work and how to get started as a developer. The most popular developer tool kits are described, all of which are free to download and include mobile phone emulators to test the fruits of your labour. It then goes on to describe in detail all the WML (Wireless Markup Language) and WMLS (Wireless Markup Language Script) features you will need to use. Each language feature is accompanied by clear examples so you can quickly develop your own sophisticated WAP applications and run them on the emulator of your chosen tool kit. There is even a brief introduction to how to run your application from a Web server, and the perils of server-side scripting.
Once the basics have been learned, the would-be professional WAP developer will need more detail than this book attempts to provide; this is an excellent starting point, however, and will give a firm basis on which to develop your skills further. Even the experienced WAP developer will keep this book to hand as a clear and concise language reference. --Andy Wigley
Reader Reviews:
Very good - great for a student like me. (0/0 people found this helpful)
This book has been an invaluable reference book in my final year project.
Great for reference, but... (0/0 people found this helpful)
If you already know some WAP you will find this useful as a reference, but if you are new to it then you could get quite confused (unless you already have an HTML background). It briefly covers all areas of WAPsite development, but lacks detailed how-to-do and explainations of WMLscripts and CGI. You'd be silly not to get it at it's current price - even if just for reference.
A good book to start learning about WAP phone technology (0/0 people found this helpful)
For anyone contemplating buying a WAP phone reading this book would be a good first move. Even if you are not a computer programmer this book will give you a good idea of what you can expect to do with a WAP phone. It will also highlight the limitations compared to say browsing the web on a PC. For the person looking to expand from writing HTML / JavaScript web pages to writing WAP pages it covers the differences thoroughly. In some ways it is like going back in time to the era when people would construct elaborate patterns on internet pages using only text characters. However WML is XML based and WMLScipt allows interaction based on user input. There is also a WBMP image format for black and white image creation. Installation of a free server to test WAP pages on a PC is covered. The differences between three major companies (Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia) are covered. It seems that there is a standard, but much like browsers the phones all render pages (called cards) slightly differently. For under nine pounds this book is excellent value on a subject that at the moment is short of helpful reference books.
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