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W3C (Worldwide Web Consortium), 338

Wang, Wallace, 135

WANs (Wide Area Networks), 337

WAP (Wireless Access Protocol), 337-338

Web applications

adding hints for, 283-284

on cell phones/Palms, 251-253, 253

on desktops, 91

Web pages, adding privacy policies to, 285-288 , 288

Web pages, dynamic, SOAP and, 68

Web server applications. See ASP.NET

Web servers, 178, 181, See also Apache

Web Service References Tool, 124-126 , 125-126

Web services, See also Google Web Services

combining, 293-297, 296 , 301, 302

defined, 4-5

how they work, 6-7

other than Google, 6

usage requirements, 7-8

Web Services Description Language. See WSDL

Web sites, See also URLs

accessibility, 314

Acronym Finder, 314

Amazon Web Services, 293

Apache Axis SOAP, 211

Apache server, 178, 181

articles

application design, 80

"Caching with PHP Cache_Lite", 270

cell phone advances, 251

free software issues, 179

"Generate .NET Code With XSLT" (Dollard), 62

Google numeric searches, 310

Google search algorithm changes, 87

"Handling Complex SOAP Data Types in XML Web Services", 125

Java editor, new, 210

Java issues, 199

Java learning tools, 201

Java versus .NET, 201

Microsoft plug-in issues, 200

mobile device hackers, 232

mobility developments, 236

ODBC Administrator, 219

SOAP, 66

SQL Server, 219

Sun versus Microsoft over JVM, 203-204

usability, 277

Visual Studio .NET, 136

Web services, 293

author (Mueller), 185, 299

Authorama, 293, 302, 302

automated feedback resources, 292, 293

base 64

encoding, 85

Bobby online tester, 284

browsers, 91, 92

color blindness, 284

connectors for drawings, 105

date conversions, 38

design software, application, 80

dictionaries, 314

ECMAScript standard, 86

emulation software, 236

FreeTranslation, 99, 99

Google

Accounts, 17

Advanced Search, 3, 9, 9 , 34

beta language support, 100

developer forum, 258

Groups, 107

home page, 30, 31

language translations, 100

News RSS Feeds, 310

search URLs, 109

Toolbar, 9

toolbar options, 30

Viewer, 309

wireless service, 21, 93, 229

WSDL files, 139

Google third-party sites

on combining with Amazon, 293, 301, 302

demonstration sites, 300-301

GWS-specific sites, 300

HTML Character Codes, 301

miscellaneous sites, 302-303

Office 2003

add-on, 303

Web accessibility, 302

Handheld Device Markup Language, 234

Hindi language, 101

HTTP error strings, 70

IBM P3P generator, 286

Java 2

Platform, 200, 211

Java resources, 201-203

Java Runtime Environment, 286

language abbreviations, two-letter, 100

learning about before visiting, 12-13, 13 , 44-45

Macromedia, 3

mailto: URL resources, 292

Microsoft

application design, 80

articles, 80, 125, 219

Data Engine (MSDE), 269

eMbedded Visual Tools, 236, 237, 239

emulators, 236, 237

finding newsgroups, 107

MapPoint Web Service, 6

mobile device updates, 233

Mobile Internet Toolkit, 238

Office 2003

add-on, 303

Office XP Web Services Toolkit, 126

Pocket PC developer tools, 245

SOAP Toolkit 2.0, 137

SOAP Toolkit 3.0, 65, 104, 137

User Interface, 277

VBA resources, 106-107

VBA-licensed companies, 103

Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit, 238

Visual Studio .NET trials, 156

XML Core Services, 51, 60

XML Developer Center, 58

Mozilla SOAP support, 81

MySQL resources, 180, 189

Netpadd, 52

NJSJavaScript Interpreter, 86

Open Directory Project, 88

Openwave SDK, 236

Outline Processor Markup Language, 301

Palm, 233

Platform for Privacy Preferences, 285, 286

PocketSOAP, 94, 153, 249

Rich Site Summary, 310, 311

Smartphone, 236, 237

SOAP library for PHP, 182

Task-Centered User Interface Design (Lewis and Rieman), 277

Thesaurus, 31

TpcTrace tool, 153

Unicode Transformation Format, 49

user interface design resources, 277

Visual Basic serial ports, 11

Visual Studio 6.0, 135

Visual Studio .NET, 135-137

W3C Schools, 58

Web services, 6, 302

Web services, combining, 293, 301, 302

WinZip, 17

Wireless Markup Language, 234

WSDL resource sites, 72

Xerces-J parser, 211

XHTML, 234

XML Notepad, 52

XML resource sites, 58

XMLSpy, 52

XMLwriter, 53

XSLT resource sites, 65

webbots, 37

Webmonkey Browser Chart, 92, 92, 204

White, Chuck, 65

Wide Area Networks (WANs), 337

Willis, Thearon, 136

Windows 2000 Programming Bible (Mueller), 135

Wireless Access Protocol (WAP), 337-338

Wireless Markup Language (WML), 338

Word, VBA applications from, 123-126 , 125-126

WordPerfect program, 105

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), 338

writing applications, 79-101 , 257-273 , See also Java; PHP; VBA; Visual Studio

application design resources, 80

choosing communication methods

defining Google responses, 87-89, 88

defining SOAP communications, 81-86, 85

overview, 79, 81

choosing development languages

language limitations, 97-98

overview, 79, 95-96

that meet specific needs, 96

your skills/ abilities and, 96-97

choosing platforms

defined, 331

desktop applications, 89-93, 92

mixed environment applications, 95

overview, 79, 89

small form factor applications, 93-95

defining Google responses

cached page results, 89

ODP and, 88

overview, 87

search algorithm changes and, 87

search results, 87-88, 88

spelling results, 88-89

defining SOAP communications

cache request arguments, 85-86

overview, 81-82

search request arguments, 82-84

spelling request arguments, 84-85, 85

desktop applications

adding survey forms, 90

browser applications, 91-93, 92

overview, 89-90

standard applications, 90-91

Web-enabled applications, 91

effective offline storage, See also caching

choosing storage strategies, 267-268

considering storage alternatives, 269-270

versus using current data, 270

obtaining cached data, 270-272, 272

overview, 257, 259, 267

refreshing data, 266-267

selecting databases, 268-269

storing search requests , 268

internationalized applications

defined, 326

foreign language limits, 98-100, 99

Hindi and, 101

overview, 80, 98

user locations and, 100

overview, 79-80, 101, 257-258, 273

performance issues

buffering data and, 261-265

efficiency, 260-261, 262

making assumptions, 260

overview, 258

reliability, 261-266

speed, 258-260

small form factor applications, See also mobile

cell phone applications, 94-95

overview, 93

PDA applications, 93, 94

Pocket PC applications, 93-94

writing user-friendly applications, 275-297

adding privacy policies to Web pages, 285-288, 288

combining Google with Amazon, 293-297, 296 , 301, 302

getting user feedback

automated feedback, 292-293

designing survey forms, 289-292, 291

e-mailing feedback, 291-292, 291

overview, 288-289

interface design resources, 277

interface flexibility, 278-280

overview, 275-276, 297

for special needs

adding hints, 281-284, 282

adding speed keys, 281

adding tooltips, 281

color blindness, 284

high-contrast displays and, 282, 282

information overload and, 282-283

overview, 280

using Windows features, 281-282

targeting specific users, 276-278

UPC research example, 293-297, 296

WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

defined, 337

in Java applications, 210, 211, 212

overview, 48

in PHP applications, 185

resource sites, 72

SOAP and, 71-72, 73

in Visual Basic 6 applications, 143

in Visual C++ 6 applications, 154-155