Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP

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. Rischpater s Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP is a comprehensive guide to doing exactly this, illustrating how one of the Web s most popular scripting languages, PHP, can be used alongside the wireless Web s 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 organization s 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 World s most powerful Web-based applications. Wireless Web Development with PHP and WAP is derived from the author s 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 industry s 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.