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XML Index - XML Book :
Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI
by Steve Graham, Simeon Simeonov, Toufic Boubez, Glen Daniels, Doug Davis, Yuichi Nakamura, Ryo Neyama Paperback - 450 pages 1st edition (December 12, 2001) Sams ISBN: 0672321815 Dimensions (in inches): 1.36 x 9.14 x 7.39 The Web Services development model involves creating independent application components and making them available for use across the Internet. Developers use WSDL-Web Services Description Language—to describe web services objects. UDDI-Universal Description and Discovery Interface—allows objects to register their characteristics and identify possible interactions. Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is the means for the communication between the objects and their respective systems. Web Services, SOAP, and UDDI are the most talked about developments in the XML space and in enterprise computing. W3C recently announced that it would take ownership of the core SOAP specifications. Microsoft and IBM have led the industry with key technology and product initiatives. All other application server vendors and B2B integrators are following suit. Web Services will become the foundation for B2B integration projects in 2001 and beyond. Building Web Services: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI assumes proficiency with Java and with distributed computing tools. Throughout the book, examples will be presented using Java and the Apache SOAP platform, although a set of sidebars will address .NET development, which Microsoft developers will use to deploy Web services. The book uses progressive disclosure to present an increasingly complex project as it moves through its development cycle. The final section of the book presents linking the completed project with other systems built in J2EE and .NET From the Publisher: The Web Services model requires developers to approach enterprise and Internet application development in a radically different way. Developers are scrambling to make sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI and the other technologies that make up this new paradigm. Key Benefits: • Incredible group of authors from all corners of the Web Services technology sector. • Details the design and implementation of a production-quality Web Services solution. • Illustrates both the new aspects of the Web... Customer Reviews Reviewer: Kyle Brown from Apex, NC United States I've been thoroughly impressed with this book. It throws a wide net over most of the current web services standards and technologies, and gives you at least an understanding of where they all fit, while still providing you with enough depth on the crucial ones (SOAP (with Axis), UDDI, etc.) so that you can get started with real projects. I particularly liked the way in which the authors have created an all-in-one reference book on the most important web services technologies. For instance, I've never been able to read SOAP messages without having a reference on XML namespaces and XML schemas handy -- no more -- it's all here in this book. The coverage of the new Apache Axis project is especially good; not only does it explain the advantages of the new architecture for handling SOAP headers, but it gives code examples for making use of these new features. This is to be expected, since many of the authors of this book are major contributors to the Axis project. I also found the chapters on Web Services security and UDDI to be helpful and enlightening. While all of the chapters in the book don't live up to the promise of these excellent chapters, it's still overall an great introduction to this new set of technologies. And by the way, the guy that gave the book 1 star because it has "no source code downloadable" should have first tried going to www.samspublishing.com and done a search on the author's names -- the page for the book CLEARLY has a section for "downloads" where you can get the source code. Reviewer: Rattan Mann from Oslo, Norway I do not dispute the view that this may be one of the best books on web services.Yet I have a suggestion to make.The chapters are too long.People like me,who read from cover to cover,would have prefered,say,three chapters on SOAP,WSDL,UDDI,and then and only then three more chapters on Advanced SOAP,Advanced WSDL,and Advanced UDDI.For people who do not read from cover to cover or who would use this book as a reference,this may not be so critical. This book is unique in the sense that it takes an evolutionary approach to web services by considering where web services came from and where they are going.In this context,the last chapter on the future directions of web services is a very good quo vadis chapter. It is very unfortunate that most popular books on computers take the opposite approach as if new ideas have no fathers and no sons.This is very dangerous because such an approach can only produce sterile bastards in name of new ideas. I generally do not review books but with this first review I want to start breaking this rule. Reviewer: A reader from San Mateo, CA United States Best book on Web Services and related concepts. Gives a great overview of all related issues (security, asynch messaging etc.) instead of just the same old java/wsdl/uddi seen in most books. The Axis portion seems to be outdated though. The latest axis release has a whole different configuration mechanism. But does a great job at explaining the architecture. Very useful. The docs on apache's website are quite thin. Reviewer: Jose F. Osorio from Sunrise, FL USA Well structured. Excellent coverage of all aspects of Web Sevices Architecture and broad coverage of current related technologies. |
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