Design and Implementation of a Web
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1. 1s by means of files which we recommend but higher performance can be achieved by using a database There is no limitation in using open source for the site development however it is mandatory to indicate the source of the A deep knowledge of the code and some adaptation to the particular site is necessary too There is no limitation in the selected programming language used for the development of the site One possibility 1s to develop the same site in WML and XHTML to compare and analyze the features difficulties The site must be installed in the configured Web Server A guide showing the topics while developing the portal motivation design and use should be delivered to the teachers Conclusions about the technology used are welcome but not mandatory The information needed to test the site URL username password how to register etc and the commented code should be included in the guide which should be delivered to the instructor by email Please test the developed application extensively before handing it in fro grading Evaluation Criteria e Please note that it is mandatory that the WAP XHTML page includes on dynamic web pages e g using a database or generated during the runtime of the application Applications that use static content only will not be graded as sufficiently Originality and technical merit of the proposed solution Good design usability on mobile phones by real users Robustness possible problems an2. ae Service Engineering Laboratory Lab Exercise August 2010 9 Telecommunication Engineering es Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Page 1 4 Design and Implementation of a Web Portal for Mobile Devices using WAP XHTML Objective The objective of this practice is to familiarize students with the tools and techniques used for the creation of a WAP XHTML site During this practice the students should learn how to use WEB programming languages in particular for mobile terminals and dynamic content Tools The working environment is formed by e A Web Server configured for the deployment of WML WMLScript and XHTML content where we install the designed application The installation and configuration of a web server is out of the scope of this practice We recommend the student to install an Apache Web Server in a Linux machine it must be noted that in case of implementing the application with some specific technology another Web Server may be required E g Apache Tomacat in case of using Java Servlets e A Windows computer where we install o The tools to test the designed application In the case of a XHTML portal a web browser e g Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome is enough to test the application Although if it is possible we recommend to test the application using a mobile phone with XHTML capabilities In the case of the WAP portal we need a WAP Browser Emulator In this document we describe the Ericsson W
3. apIDE and the Nokia Toolkit but there are other tools that can be also used for our purpose WAPProof WinWap Browse o This computer can be also used to install the necessary development tools The student is free of using any development tool for both cases the WAP and the XHTML portal e g Xemacs Eclipse NetBeans etc In this document we describe the Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit This is a specific development kit useful to implement both WAP and XHTML portals Ericsson WapIDE Please note that we do not recommend using this tool to program the WAP pages However its telephone emulator simulator is extremely versatile We therefore recommend the use of the simulator once the practice is developed to test the application s performance on different emulated mobile phones The IDE Integrated Development Environment has a help system please consult it 1f you have ae Service Engineering Laboratory Lab Exercise August 2010 9 Telecommunication Engineering e Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Page 2 4 any questions In the following only the main functionalities are going to be explained The environment has three components a WAP browser an application designer tool and a PUSH initiator The WAP versions with which this environment can work are version 1 1 and 1 2 1 We will focus on the WAP browser in our lab The WAP browser allows to access WAP web pages as if a mobile phone were used The interface simulates the Ericsson R520
4. d errors should be handled Complement the desired characteristics E g consider time limits of sessions after which a reconnect should be enforced an external webpage can be used for registration to keep the complexity of the application on reasonable level e Whatever extension or functionality added to the site and could be of interest e Quality of the user guide Notes It is recommended the use of the Nokia Internet Toolkit due to its robustness and easy of use It can be useful to use the Ericsson browser to see check the result on real mobile phones Fa Service Engineering Laboratory Lab Exercise August 2010 Telecommunication Engineering Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Page 4 4 References Programming Applications with the Wireless Application Protocol Steve Mann John Wiley amp Sons 2000 WAP the wireless application protocol writing applications for the mobile Internet Sandeep Singhal Addison Wesley 2001 Understanding WAP wireless applications devices and services Marcel van der Heijden Marcus Taylor editors Artech House 2000 WMLClub http www wmilclub es WAP Source Code http www cellular co za download_wap_ source code htm OMA http www openmobilealliance org Ericsson http www ericsson com CGIC http www boutell com cgic biblioteca en C para programaci n CGI Ericsson WAP IDE http www ericsson com developer NOKIA http www forum nokia com Nokia Mobile Int
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6. m mobile phone although from File gt Load device is possible to load other skins and behaviours The mobile phones are described by a dev file the WAPIDE includes two phones the R320s and R380s but more phones are available for download from the Ericsson web page As in a real mobile phone the simulator needs a WAP Gateway Is possible to select the desired Gateway using the View gt Settings menu There are several options to see details of the information provided by the browser From View gt Trace a menu is opened with options to define the debug level in the browser In order to load a specific URL it has to be specified in File gt Load URL There is an important option View gt Settings gt Cache gt Disable Cache which can be used to disable the cache This can be very useful while developing applications Some examples for WML and WMLScript can be downloaded from http lm01 1 lab it uc3m es lablis index wml Nokia Internet Toolkit Development Enviroment The Nokia Development Environment provides several tools as WAP browser WAP Gateway and a Toolkit for the WAP applications development The toolkit supports the creation of different types of content as WML WMLScript XHTML MP MM6S The toolkit includes a User Manual and inline help which could be very useful while using the IDE Using the File gt New menu 1s possible to create a file of whatever of the contents previously mentioned While using the editor the righ
7. t click displays a list of possible actions like file validator and the possible tags of the language that can be used at this moment To see the final results of the application the Nokia Web Browser can be launched from the environment first launch the SDK Control Panel Tools menu From the Control Panel you should click on the green dot After the browser 1s running use the Show button in the Toolkit main window In the browser in the Tools Menu is possible to launch a window with insightful diagnostics about the browser operation This information can be useful for debugging From the Tools menu is possible Tools gt Settings to configure the WAP gateway the cache memory etc Some examples on XHTML MP can be found on http Im011 lab it uc3m es lablis ejxhtml html Assignment Practice Guide During this practice a WAP or a XHTML site which serves personalized content is going to be build This guide does not pretend to describe the site but to include some interesting aspect that it should have The practice s evaluation will take into account the originality of the idea the content as well as the usability and ease of use from a Mobile Phone The site should be interesting for real users Personalization is fundamental for the success of a wireless web portal due to the constraints imposed in this type of devices For personalization purposes the server should store some information related with the authorized users of
8. the site As an example for each user the server should store a login password and some kind of profile defining the services expected from the ae Service Engineering Laboratory Lab Exercise August 2010 9 Telecommunication Engineering e Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Page 3 4 user The main page should ask for a login and a password both parameters should be processed by the server to check the authentication of the user If the check is positive the server should open a session for the user showing a menu dynamically build depending on the users profile The server can use CGIs Java Servlets PHP scripts or any other approach to serve dynamical pages the program will treat the users information creating dynamically a page using the profile or forwarding the user to the login page if the authentication is not correct There is no limitation in the possible content of the site the only requirement is that the content should have some interest for some real group of users As possible example some content of interest for universitary students as timetables exam dates lectures information etc could be the basis for an application In this case the personalization of the content could be only showing the information related with the lectures of the student Another possible example is a website featuring on topic in detail The users information has to be stored this can be done by the use of files or databases The easiest way
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