Palm OS Network Programming

Writing Connected Applications for the Palm
By Greg Winton
September 2001
0-596-00005-7, Order Number: 0057
400 pages, $39.95 US, $59.95 CA, £28.50 UK

Book Description

Just in time for the wireless revolution comes the first complete guide to creating network applications for the Palm computing platform. Palm OS Network Programming covers the Palm Net Library and networking concepts such as transport protocols and client-server applications. Abundant examples illustrate how the many Palm-specific nuances relate to effective Palm network programming, so you learn to build truly well-designed connected Palm applications.

Final Review

This is not the first book I have had to revew on PDA topics. I usually have to get one or anohter PDA to work. They can be tricky in a corporate environment. So many tools fighting for a small amount of recources. This makes it difficult to think of actually going as far as programmming for OS plattform a network solution.

The wireless revolution has touched off a huge demand for Palm OS network applications. But information on how to connect a Palm is fragmented across dry function listings in the SDK documentation, a couple of book chapters, some sample code, and a few articles on the Palm web site (each of which assumes prior knowledge of network applications).

It doesn't mater if you mix handspring or other pda's not produced by Palm. What matters is the functionality, OS release and your PC environment. I have had ideas such as blasting scheduled events into outlook but how about getting this trouble passed asid by your own code.

I have seen an example of such programming skills by ConSol GmbH - how wrote a PDA Sync server to allow engineers working with a call managenment system to take cases with them. What is easier that to enter data in the pda - get back to the office and click to sync. It is not important how to program - but to know what you want to create.

First analyse the business requirements - find causes of trouble. Start planing and find fellow mates to join you in a challange to build this system.

Palm OS Network Programming pulls all the necessary elements together in the first complete guide to developing network applications for the Palm Computing Platform. The author assumes knowledge of Palm programming in C, but no network experience is required. You'll learn Palm network concepts such as transport protocols and client-server applications from the ground up, clearly illustrated with examples using Metrowerks CodeWarrior development environment.

Most businesses are working towards windows 2003 server or better known as the .NET idea. The Palm Net Library, essential to any network application development, gets the detailed treatment it deserves, with sample network applications demonstrating how to make the best use of this powerful system library.