This short presentation explores the use of Perl to create wireless applications using the Wireless Application Protocol. The philosophies behind mobile clients and wireless computing trends are summarized, followed by an explanation of the basics of WAP architecture and markup. Examples of WAP applications in Perl will be explored, with a focus on the simplicity of the WAP client + Perl server development combination.

• Mobile computing trends and considerations
• WAP examples
• CGI::WML examples
• Mason examples
• AxKit examples
• XSLT examples

This presentation is of general interest, and requires only beginning Perl knowledge.