Course Abstracts


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Sysoft 7005	Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
Description	This course teaches you methods and techniques to build Web applications for Wireless and Hand held devices with Wireless Markup Language (WML), WML Scripts, and XML. Simulated micro browsers provide real life experience.
Topics	Introducing WAP The WAP Forum WAP Device Characteristics The WAP Specification The Web Programming Model The WAP Programming Model The WAP Architecture The WAP Application Environment The Microbrowser Wireless Markup Language WMLScript Wireless Telephony Applications Interface Content Formats User Agents Building WAP Applications Wireless Markup Language WML Basics Elements Attributes Syntax Presentation URLs Context Character Set Special Characters Text Comments Quotation Marks Decks Cards Content Unformatted Text Aligned Text Styled Text Tables Images Variables Tasks Events Anchors Intrinsic Events Timers User-triggered Events Deck-level Events Data Entry User Input Format Specifications Complex Data Choices Multilevel Choices WMLScript WML versus WMLScript WMLScript Basics Data Types Variables Operators Type Conversions Functions Statements Compilation Units url Pragma access Pragma meta Pragma WMLScript Libraries Lang Library Arithmetic Functions Conversion Functions Environment Functions Flow Control Functions Random Number Functions Float Library Environment Functions Arithmetic Functions String Library Basic Functions Substring Functions Element Functions Conversion Functions URL Library Managing URLs Component Extraction Functions Content Retrieval Functions WMLBrowser Library Variable Functions Task Functions Query Functions Dialogs Library Battleships The WML Deck Global Variables Initialization Playing the Game Extending Battleships WorldFAQ Functional Requirement The Client Architecture The Content Server Servlet Startup HTTP Request Handling Location Searching Single-match Response Multiple-match Response Extending WorldFAQ Caching A Brief Introduction to HTTP 1.1 Requests Responses Caching Caching a URL Forever Caching a URL for a Specific Time Disabling Caching for a URL Validation and the History Stack HTTP Headers versus META Elements Testing with Telnet Other Cache Management Techniques Graphics and Multipart Responses Serving up WorldFAQ Images Multipart Messages MIMEing WorldFAQ Multipart Caveats Internationalization (118N) Character Sets Transfer Encodings Languages Multilingual Content Servers Charset with Responses Charset with Requests Conclusion Beyond WAP Notifications What to Send Sending a Notification The C++ Notification APIs Nested Contexts Creating a New Context Terminating a Context