Wireless Web Development [Paperback]

Ray Rischpater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2000

Wireless development is poised to be the next Internet revolution, but will require skills most Web content developers don't have...this book teaches the reader how to write wireless content using HTML, WAP and HCDML.

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Amazon.com Review

As developers move into the still largely untapped market of the wireless Web, they must learn to create solutions that take new considerations, such as small screens and sluggish transfer speeds, into account. Wireless Web Development is an excellent introduction to the field and provides a well-rounded education of the issues of network technology and content development.

Because most readers will be coming fresh into the wireless world, author Ray Rischpater invests significant space in laying out the terrain of the wireless landscape with a look at the history of the technology, as well as the future, based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the Wireless Markup Language (WML). The issue of which language to go with--HDML or WML--is handled right away: both. An excellent discussion explains the reason.

One outstanding section expounds on synchronized browser technology and the unique demands of mobile Web users. Server-side scripting, with languages such as PHP, is presented to show how to make the best use of server resources to deliver powerful content; WMLScript--the wireless counterpart to JavaScript--is covered thoroughly, too.

It's clear that the wireless Web is in the future of any and every Web developer. Wireless Web Development is a great first step in getting educated thusly. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

• Technology history
• Wireless market profile
• User interfaces
• Performance
• Web synchronization
• Server-side scripting
• WAP
• WML
• HDML
• WMLScript
• Custom wireless applications

About the Author

Ray Rischpater received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is presently an independent author and consultant writing articles and books about wireless Web development and mobile computing. He has over five years of experience developing wireless applications for mobile users.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893115208
• ISBN-13: 978-1893115200
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,277,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction and guidebook, July 7, 2000

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Steven Ohmert (Vashon Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless Web Development (Paperback)

I found this book to be very helpful in introducing the emerging world of WAP not just in technical terms, but in the significant and interesting paradigm differences between the wireless market and the established wired web marketplace. As one of the first books on the subject in a field that is very rapidly evolving, there exists the very likely possibility that the information becomes outdated quickly. Apparently mindful of this, the book steers clear from too many 'absolutes' and focuses instead on general 'how to do this' and 'follow this lead' sorts of examples. Very easy reading and clear writing style. Never condescending or elitist, a no-nonsense book for professionals written without pretense. Get this book, get the referenced standards and SDK materials and keep an eye out for updates to the state of the art, and you will have gotten a good primer on developing for this arena.