Hands-On%20Lab:%20Mobile%20Communication%20Developing%20Mobile%20Application%20with%20.NET

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Hands-On Lab Mobile CommunicationDeveloping
Mobile Application with .NET
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Overview

• Web services provided by dotnetforce.com
• Tasks in the last session

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Ask dotnetforce.com

• Dotnetforce offers a free web service providing
  book information
• Asking amazon.com
• ISBN (string) as input
• Book information (System.data.DataSet) as return
  value
• BookTitle
• Author Name
• AmazonPrice
• BookDetail (publisher and ISBN in one field)
• AmazonRating
• Link to Amazon
• Missing Link to images
• Thanks to Tomasz Naumowicz for the hint!

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How to use netforce web service

• In VS.NET
• Add reference ? .NET Component ? select dll
• C Code

netForce nf new netForce() DataSet ds String isbn 0735614229 ds nf.AmazonBookList(isbn)
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My Implementation
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Possible usage in our application

• Since some information we need is not provided by
  dotnetforce.com and
• we dont want to type keywords
• Ask dotnetforce.com with ISBN
• Extract the returned info/keywords (DataSet)
• Query more information from amazon.com associates
  using the keywords
• (http//rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?tskyfield-20lst1se
  archgrimesstudio0201708523modebooksp102o1
  fxml )
• Not necessary to implement
• Nice to have.

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Demo

• Using Ethereal to view the packets
• Connecting to ateron.com (www.ateron.com)
• SOAP on HTTP (Request Response)
• Ethereal Follow TCP Stream
• the dll is maybe credible.

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Tasks in the last session I

• Last session 16/18.07.2002
• Presentation of your implementation
• Please comment your source code
• Write a one-page-documentation about your
  implementation
• Architecture diagram
• Showing the interaction between the web
  services/server/client
• Zip your solution/project files and your
  documentation
• email it to tian_at_inf.fu-berlin.de

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Tasks in the last session II

• Feedback about all three parts of the hands-on
  lab
• Opinions
• Ideas
• suggestions
• experiences
• ?Improving the hands-on lab in the future

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Additional Information

• More diploma these
• More Student Research Project Theses
• Will be released during the summer vacation

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Acknowledgement

• Thank you very much for your cooperation!