WAP Applications with WML

Modular Approach

The approach taken within the development of the course materials has been modular. This allows a ready tailoring of the course scope, content and depth to suit the exact requirements. The benefit of the modular approach is to allow organisations to tailor training around their own unique use of these technologies. This enables you to tackle skill gaps that are tied to projects or staff development agenda's in the most effective manner available.

'Hands On' Approach

All course materials feature demonstration and laboratory sessions – 'hands-on' where developers gain experience through the development of several different WAP applications. Delegates can also make use of a range of WAP Development Tools.

 Possible Schedules for Different Delegate Levels:

1. General Overview of WAP

Aimed at managers who require:
Business and technical overviews of WAP
Understanding of the implications, both business and technical, of the WAP environment
To understand the implications of mobile devices as a point where comms and data meet

2. General Overview of WML

Aimed at managers who require a business and technical overview of WML.

3. General Overview of WAP and WML

Aimed at managers who require a business and technical overview of WAP and WML and the development of mobile information solutions.

The course content for these is essentially "cut-down" versions of the detailed course modules outlined below.

5. Advanced WAP and WML Application Development
This would be a totally bespoke course where a small group of developers would be led through the process of designing, developing and delivering a WAP application to meet the needs of their business.

 4. Intermediate WAP and WML

2 or 3 day course, depending on delegate requirements, and based on the modules outlined below

On completion of the course delegates will understand how to:

Make use of the WAP protocol stack
Design and develop WAP applications
Use WML and WML script to code WAP applications
Use WAP gateways and WAP servers
Connect WAP applications to existing information infrastructures
Connect a range of mobile devices to the Internet and Intranets
Access databases from a range of mobile devices
Carry out client-side validation on mobile devices
Password protect access to data via mobile devices
Adapt graphics for display on a range of mobile devices using the WMBP graphics format
Make use of a range of tools and plugins allowing graphics conversions
Make use of the following development languages to access databases from mobile devices:

Perl / CGI--ASP-XML-JSP-Java Servlets

Understand WAP security
Protocol stack
Bearer services

Footnote:

Please be aware that this is a very dynamic environment - the handsets are changing and at the moment it is necessary to develop different content versions for different handsets. There are also relatively few major WAP enabled sites up and running. To this end the course modules are constantly being developed to keep them bang-up-to-date in this fast moving environment.