- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (17 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0130907634
- ISBN-13: 978-0130907639
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.5 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #8 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages > XML > SOAP
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The computing industry has developed many methods to allow computers to share resources and applications, to create a distributed computing environment--such as DCOM and CORBA. These are the "glue" of today's distributed computing world.
From the Back Cover
Leverage the power of SOAP on any platform, with any leading programming language!
- Integrate your enterprise applications across the Web!
- The platform-independent guide to SOAP
- SOAP programming with C++, Perl, C#, Visual Basic, and Java
- Build an industrial-strength SOAP system from scratch
- CD-ROM: SOAP for Windows, Linux and Unix, plus extensive source code library!
John Montgomery, Lead SOAP Developer, Microsoft
Kent Sharkey, .NET Frameworks Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
SOAP is the universal "glue" that can integrate virtually any distributed system, helping enterprises streamline processes and communications across the Internet as never before. SOAP: Cross Platform Web Services Development Using XML is the practical, hands-on introduction to using SOAP on Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms, using any of five leading programming languages. Discover how SOAP leverages key Internet standards such as XML and HTTP to solve distributed computing problems that DCOM and CORBA can't! Coverage includes:
- All the XML you need to get started with SOAP
- SOAP's basic syntax: HTTP headers, SOAP payloads, error handling, data types, encoding structures, and more
- Extending SOAP to support heterogeneous and legacy environments
- SOAP programming with C++, C#, Perl, Visual Basic, and Java
- Comparing today's leading SOAP servers
The last six chapters of this book present a start-to-finish SOAP case study application-from requirements and design through coding.
Whether you're constructing Internet applications, integrating existing applications within or between enterprises, or simply evaluating SOAP, this book contains the insights-and practical examples-you're looking for.
CD-ROM INCLUDEDThe accompanying CD-ROM contains complete SOAP implementations for Windows, Linux, and UNIX, plus all source code from the book.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cannot recommend this book. I'm sure the author knows plenty about SOAP - but fails to communicate it easily. I also did not want to go through the detail of developing a basic SOAP implementation from scratch - IBM, Microsoft, Apache are all doing that - it felt like lengthy filler. I wanted to understand how to use SOAP. I'm now waiting for the O'Reilly book...
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is next to useless. It does provide a basic overview of SOAP but in a confused and unhelpful manner.
At the end of it, I felt I would not be able to do anything
in SOAP without reading more material/books. A
poor result from a book which claims to help you
understand. The book has a first draft feel to it, with
little concept of what the reader is likely to need.
At the end of it, I felt I would not be able to do anything
in SOAP without reading more material/books. A
poor result from a book which claims to help you
understand. The book has a first draft feel to it, with
little concept of what the reader is likely to need.
For sure, Scott knows his stuff, but he doesn't know how
to get it across.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In light of the other reviews of this book, I thought I should write a review to redress the balance. In my opinion, the customer reviews have so far missed the mark and misrepresented Seely's work.
First off, the writing style is a little informal but I find this makes the book far more accessible than the aforementioned O'Reilly tome. The introduction to SOAP is not confused or misleading. It deals with both topics succinctly as a theoretical primer for the practical examples that follow (some prior knowledge of both SOAP and XML is helpful).
Secondly, and crucially - this book is essential for C++ programmers wishing to develop SOAP applications. While Microsoft's SOAP Toolkit provides VB developers with a good
API, it does not really cater for C++ developers. Scott Seely provides a SOAP API with his book that removes the need for using COM & MFC and therefore avoids vendor lock-in. Using Scott's simpleSOAP library, developers can create fully functional SOAP client-server applications for use with their own systems.
Overall, this is an excellent PRACTICAL book, and an invaluable resource for C++ SOAP developers like myself. It is clearly written by a person who is an expert in his field (web services) and wishes to convey that expertise as simply as possible. Yes, it is light on theory, but getting weighed down with theoretical discussion is not the purpose of the book. It caters for C#, Perl, VB and Java programmers as well, but C++ developers in particular will find this book essential.
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