WAP Development with WML and WMLScript

Creating Your First Card

As you learned in the previous chapter, WAP pages are actually called cards, and these cards are constructed using WML. WML itself is a very simple language, even simpler than HTML. But unlike HTML, WML has very strict and rigidly enforced rules.

To get you started, let's look at a complete WML example—a basic card with simple text. The card will generate output as shown in Figure 3.1.

Figure 3.1. Device emulators are ideal for testing WML code.

Note

I highly recommend that you try these examples for yourself as you work through them. The simplest way to do this is be using one of the many available device emulators ...