The Wireless Application Protocol: Writing Applications for the Mobile Internet

By Sandeep Singhal, Thomas Bridgman, Lalitha Suyranarayana

This book is an example of a unique partnership of motivated, technical teammates and would-be competitors coming together to develop a real how to book on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). . .... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201703114
• ISBN13: 9780201703115
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Complete!

I love this book. It's complete, goes right into the details and is clearly written. I cannot think of a higher compliment to pay a book or author. If you're a WAP developer or are ramping up for a WAP development project this book will get you there. I loved the treatment of WML, deploying services and wireless telephony applications. I highly recommend this book.

Easy to read

I run an intranet portal and needed to convert it for use by WAP phones. A friend referred me to this book, and it was exactly what I needed.The book walks you through the WAP technology step-by-step. It began by explaining what could be done from WAP phones, explained the infrastructure I would need, and how it all fits together.The heart of the book is its detailed discussion of WML and WMLScript. It is full of useful sample code, and the book's web site offers more sample code. After I understood how to write WML, the book explained how to really use it -- to write usable content.Finally, I learned about the emerging WAP standards (push, WTA, ...) which are helping me to plan how I will use WAP in the future.

All you need in WAP

Whether you love it or hate it - WAP is here to stay. For many it is a necessary engineering pothole to fill. This book is a clearly written guide and reference. Of all my WAP books, this sits in easiest reach. The writing is solid, the topics up to date, and the subject is comprehensive. It is also a cohesive engineering view of WAP elements. I would strongly recommend this as a teaching text as well. The book takes you from the very beginning and moves cohesively into the advanced subjects of WML and WAP. A true resource for those of us that need to support the web phone market.

Everything you need to write great content!

This book is the most complete book I've seen on WAP -- it covers alot of topics that others books don't, such as WTA and Push. It also provides a great background on wireless and why WAP was developed (and why).Most of all, the book teaches how to write content for all phones, not just a single one. This is difficult, as the book keeps pointing out, but it guides you through all the gotchas. The UI chapter is a big help too.I highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to write great WAP content.