While the rapid expansion of wireless technologies such as cell phones and palm pilots offers many new opportunities for businesses and programmers, it also presents numerous challenges related to issues such as security and standardization. Wireless Internet How to Program offers a thorough treatment of both the management and technical aspects of this growing area, including coverage of current practices and future trends.
The authoritative DEITEL™ LIVE-CODE™ introduction to wireless-Internet & mobile-business programming
By 2003, the number of people browsing the Web from wireless devices will exceed the number browsing from desktop computers. This new book by the world's leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains key wireless technologies, such as i-mode, WAP™, J2ME, XML/XHTML Basic, Bluetooth™ and BREW™, and their roles in developing multi-tier, Web-based, client-server applications for wireless devices.
Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content-creation organization specializing in Java™, C++, C, Visual C#™, Visual Basic®, Visual C++®, .NET, XML, Python, Perl, Internet, Web, wireless and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of the world's #1 Java and C++ textbooks—Java How to Program, 4/e and C++ How to Program, 3/e—and many other best sellers. In Wireless Internet & Mobile Business How to Program, the Deitels, Tem Nieto and Kate Steinbuhler, discuss key topics, including:
- WAP™/WML/WMLScript/VBScript®
- i-mode/cHTML
- XML/XSLT/XHTML™ Basic
- Palm OS®/Web Clipping
- Windows® CE/.NET Wireless/ASP
- Java™ Wireless/J2ME™/BREW™
- Location-Based Technologies/GPS
- Bluetooth™/Unicode®/Accessibility
- WTLS/SSL/Wireless Security
- m-Business/e-Business/Marketing
- Macromedia® Flash ™/Multimedia
- WWAN/WPAN/LMDS/MMDS
- W-CDMA/GSM/PCS/GPRS/EPOC/SMS
- Mobile CRM/Micropayments/m-Wallets
Wireless Internet & Mobile Business How to Program has extensive pedagogic features:
- Numerous LIVE-CODE™ programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
- Extensive World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
- Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions—all marked with icons
— Good Programming Practices
— Software Engineering Observations
— Performance Tips
— Look-and-Feel Observations
— Testing and Debugging Tips
— Common Programming Errors
Wireless Internet & Mobile Business How to Program is the centerpiece of a family of resources for teaching and learning wireless Internet and Web programming, including Web sites (http://www.deitel.com and http://www.prenhall.com/deitel) with the book's code examples and other information for faculty, students and professionals; an optional interactive CD (Wireless Internet & Mobile Business Programming Multimedia Cyber Classroom) containing hyperlinks, audio walkthroughs of the code examples, solutions to about half the book's exercises; and e-mail access to the authors at:
deitel@deitel.com
For information on worldwide corporate on-site seminars and Web-based training offered by Deitel & Associates, Inc., visit:
http://www.deitel.com
For information on current and forthcoming Deitel/Prentice Hall publications including How to Program Series books, Multimedia Cyber Classrooms, Complete Training Courses (which include Deitel books and Cyber Classrooms) and Web-Based Training Courses please see the last few pages of this book.
