Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP

ISBN-13: 9781893115934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 510 str.

Ray Rischpater; R. Rischpater

Opis

The enormous popularity of the World Wide Web can be attributed in large part to the fact that it is a dynamic, highly interactive medium. As Web accessibility through wireless devices becomes increasingly popular, developers are challenged to maintain the high level of interactivity and flexibility that users are accustomed to on their personal computer browsers. Fortunately, this task is not as daunting as it seems, as the language tools used to create conventional Web pages can also be implemented in the wireless arena. Rischpaters Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP is a comprehensive guide to doing exactly this, illustrating how one of the Webs most popular scripting languages, PHP, can be used alongside the wireless Webs standard languages, namely WML and WMLScript, to create truly dynamic and powerful wireless applications. The Wireless Web is quickly becoming an integral part of any successful organizations informational infrastructure, with the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in the forefront to be the leading wireless standard for years to come. PHP is a wildly popular scripting language used to create some of the Worlds most powerful Web-based applications. Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP is derived from the authors years of experience in both wireless development and PHP programming, showing the reader how to make the most of both technologies to create truly dynamic, scaleable wireless applications. PHP programmers will her find the opportunity to use what they already know to create wireless applications, using concise, applicable examples that encourage readers to adapt the information discussed within the book to their own projects. Ray Rischpater is an accomplished veteran of the wireless platform industry, whose accomplishments include participation in the development of the first handheld Web browser for the Apple Newton platform, the first handheld Web server, and wireless travel software showcased at the Atlanta Olympics, among others. With dozens of contributions to the industrys most respected publications, he is also the author of Wireless Web Development, published by Apress. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Pure Mathematics.

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O autorze

Ray Rischpater is a freelance consultant and author with over eight years of experience writing about and developing for handheld computing platforms. During this time, Ray has participated in the development of Internet technologies for J2ME, QUALCOMM BREW, Palm OS, Newton, and Magic Cap, and proprietary operating systems for vertical handheld computers. In addition, he's consulted during the development of websites for wireless devices using HTML and WAP. Ray is a senior software engineer at Rocket Mobile, Inc. and holds a bachelor's degree in pure mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Wireless Web Development, Second Edition and Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP.