Appendix B. Pocket Web Host Design

The Pocket Web Host (PWH) is a “mini” web server that allows you to host web pages on a Pocket PC. In this section of the book, we will describe its architecture and the steps required to develop web pages for hosting on a Pocket PC. Readers who are interested in specific details may download the full code listing from the companion web site.

Architecture

This section describes the architecture of PWH.

Hosting Web Pages

Consider a common scenario in which you are asked to develop an application that displays and gathers information to and from a mobile client. If the mobile client is always connected to the server, a thin client is typically used and web pages are hosted on the web server for display on the mobile ...

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