Research Catalog

Title

Palm OS network programming / Greg Winton.

Author

Winton, Greg.

Publication

Beijing ; Cambridge [Mass.] : O'Reilly, c2001.

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Description

xv, 382 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Computer networks
• Palm (Computer)
• Palm OS
• PalmPilot (Computer) > Programming

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-370) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Introduction to Palm Network Development 1 -- 1. Connected Palms 3 -- A Brief History of Palm OS Networking 4 -- Networking Options 6 -- 2. The Network Application Model 12 -- The OSI Model 12 -- OSI Layers 17 -- 3. Designing Network Applications 26 -- The Zen of Palm 26 -- Designing FtpView 29 -- Designing Daytime Peer 36 -- Implementation Plan 42 -- 4. Development Tools 44 -- Development Tools 44 -- Debugging Tools 47 -- II. Net Library Programming 57 -- 5. A Brief Tour of the Net Library 59 -- The Design of the Net Library 59 -- Using the Net Library 63 -- 6. Hello, NetLib 80 -- Initializing the Net Library 80 -- Connecting to the Network 83 -- Disconnecting from the Network 87 -- 7. Hostnames and Addresses 108 -- Hostname Resolution 108 -- Service Resolution 117 -- Byte Ordering 120 -- 8. Making Connections 139 -- What Is a Connection? 139 -- Palm OS Connections 141 -- The Life and Times of a Socket 142 -- 9. Exchanging Data 165 -- Streaming Data Exchanges 165 -- The File Transfer Protocol 173 -- 10. Reading and Writing Responsively 206 -- Deconstructing FtpView 206 -- The FTP State Machine 207 -- Sample Application 216 -- 11. Accepting Connections 255 -- Serving TCP Connections 255 -- FTP Data Connections 260 -- 12. Optimizing Stream Sockets 294 --

ISBN

0596000057 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library