WAP Servlets: Developing Dynamic Web Content With Java and WML (With CD-ROM) [Paperback]

John L. Cook III (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047139307X | ISBN-13: 978-0471393078 | Publication Date: November 16, 2000

Get ready for the wireless Internet revolution with this complete guide to WAP servlets

The wireless Internet is expanding rapidly and could be as big or bigger than the wired Internet. The vehicle that will deliver the wireless Internet is the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) with the help of Java servlets. This book provides developers and programmers with the necessary information to prepare for this wireless revolution. It includes in-depth coverage on javax servlets, Wireless Mark-Up Language servlets, and configurations of development environments. Developers will understand the rationale for developing servlets for WAP browsers, how to develop servlets using the Java class, and a description of all the features available in WML. For additional insight, real-world code examples are integrated throughout the book as well.

CD-ROM includes JSDK, Phone.Com's SDK, Nokia's SDK, and other useful public domain software.

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From the Back Cover

Get ready for the next wave Internet and learn to create Java servlets for handheld WAP browsers

To join the wireless Internet revolution, programmers will need to write Web applications for the #1 wireless standard, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Bringing together the two technologies essential for modern WAP development--servlets and WML (Wireless Markup Language)--this powerful book/CD package gives you a complete set of tools for creating Java servlets for WAP browsers.

Expert John Cook guides you through all the necessary steps and code examples, demonstrating in detail how Sun Microsystems Java Servlet Development Kit (JSDK) and WML can be used to develop dynamic Web content for a variety of handheld devices.

With an emphasis on features and techniques useful to the WAP servlet developer, Cook provides:
* An introduction to WAP software architecture
* Step-by-step WML, including examples, screenshots, and how to build a WML home page
* The most useful methods of JSDK classes/interfaces plus a real-world example of a WAP servlet
* An overview of WAP push technology, including the Push Access Protocol (PAP)
* How to acquire, install, and setup the various development environments and phone SDKs
* Appendices covering WML 1.2 and JSDK 2.1.1, and how to implement servlet engines on HTTP servers

The CD-ROM contains the JSDK, Phone.Com's SDK, Nokia's SDK, and other useful public domain software.

About the Author

JOHN L. COOK III is a Senior Architect, responsible for R&D of emerging wireless client/server technology at Cerulean Technology, an Aether company, a leading provider of wireless solutions. His company's representative to the high-profile WAP Forum, Cook is also the inventor and patent holder for five networking/wireless technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (November 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047139307X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471393078
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,065,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Neither WAP nor Servlets, but only a "Cookbook", April 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: WAP Servlets: Developing Dynamic Web Content With Java and WML (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

The author makes a good attempt at describing how Java Servlets could be used for a WAP application. Though the intention of the author is good, the examples are made unecessarily complicated to demostrate simple concepts that could confuse a beginner. The Servlet version used in this book is rather outdated (v2.1) and the discussion on WAP and WML is just enough to explain the examples specifically developed for this book. There is also a big chapter in this book explaining the outdated servlet 2.1 api.

Given the high cost of this book, the readers are better off buying a book on WAP and a book on Servlets separately. (Most of the books on Servlets discuss how to use XML with servlets.)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, March 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: WAP Servlets: Developing Dynamic Web Content With Java and WML (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I found this book very helpful in getting started with WAP. The first couple of chapters had simple, easy to follow examples for accessing features of WML and servlets. I found the WAP web servlet example a great way to get started developing my own WAP site. Using this code and the servlet engine (included on the disk) I had a site up an running in a day!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction and Hands-on examples, April 21, 2001

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This review is from: WAP Servlets: Developing Dynamic Web Content With Java and WML (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

As a newcomer to WAP and Java Servlets, I found this book to be informative with an excellent introduction to both WAP/WML and Java Servlets. This book is written in such a way that its like the author is sitting right next to me to answer questions. This book contains lots of usable examples which I found very useful, sort of a cook book (no punn intended). I would recommend this book to the neophyte as well as the seasoned programmer.