Axis, Apache Axis, Web services, SOAP, WSDL, Computer, Science, Technology, Internet, World, Wide, Web, Programming
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Very nice, very readable, very detailed, very useful to newbie Axis developers -- Anne Thomas Manes
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Ka Iok 'Kent' Tong is the manager of the IT department of the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center. He has a Master degree in Computer Science from the New South Wales University, Sydney, Australia. He was the winner of the "Macao Programming Competition (Open Category)" in 1992. He has been involved in professional software development, training and project management since 1993. He is the author of Essential Skills for Agile Development and Enjoying Web Development with Tapestry.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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With all the 5 star reviews here I really had my hopes up for this book. I really, really wanted to like it and, to some degree, I did.
This is a very short book. I'm not complaining, I remember the day when excellent technical books were only 200 pages. However, these small outstanding references were kind of like Unix tools - they covered one subject and covered it well. Mr. Tong, on the other hand attempts to teach us Tomcat, Eclipse, Axis, and PKI in a 165 page book. While I personally didn't need the tutorials on Tomcat, Eclipse, or PKI I thought they were very well done. Unfortunately I didn't feel this way about the Axis portion of the book. When reading the information about Axis it mostly seemed to me to be: 1. Do this. 2. Now do this. 3. Press enter. 4. See, it worked. OK, so it worked. I still have very little understanding of why it worked or what other options Axis has to offer. I also felt the book gave the impression that Tomcat-Eclipse-Axis were joined at the hip. I would have prefered to learn the workings of Axis so that I would be comfortable using it on WebLogic or WebSphere. Maybe using Netbeans as my IDE or maybe just using a command line. In my opinion, Mr. Tong does not deliver this kind of Axis understanding. Lastly, I'd like to comment on the grammer used in the book. It is clear that Mr. Tong is not a native Engling speaker. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Tong certainly speaks English better than I speak a second language. However, I believe editing by a native English speaker would improve the readability of the book. I didn't really have any big problems understanding the text but the grammer does make it hard to read. In many cases I had to read a sentence several times to get the point.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Out of date material,
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All the steps have to be run on Axis 1.3 and eclipse 3.0 to make this book useful. Most of the steps won't work on Axis2 and eslipse 3.2. The readers need to have good knowledge on Axis2 to make the steps work.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Resource for Learning Apache Axis,
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This review is from: Developing Web Services with Apache Axis (Paperback)
Kent Tong is a gifted writer and educator who knows Apache Axis very well. I found his explanation of a complex topic such as WS-security simply the best that I have seen. The book is rather short at aound 173 pages but very informative. His diagrams and annotated explanations are very useful in conveying a lot of information in a condensed manner which would have required pages and pages of explanation. Kent has used all the open source tools, e.g., Apache Axis, Eclipse, Eclipse WTP, WSS4J, OpenSSL etc., so you don't need to invest anything. If you have access to a computer and internet, you are good to go. While working through the book examples, I found a few typos, mistakes which I conveyed to Kent. He quicky incorporated his updates in the book and gave me access to an updated PDF. I whole heartedly and unhesitatingly recommend this book if you want to learn Apache Axis and particularly, WS-security.
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java application, receiving complex data structures, concatenate abc, document style web service, serializer factory, axis server, bean serializer, concat operation, back end object, keystore password, service stub, simple web service, deployed web services, client stub, target namespace, callback handler, wsdl file, provider properties, deploy the service Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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java application, receiving complex data structures, concatenate abc, document style web service, serializer factory, axis server, bean serializer, concat operation, back end object, keystore password, service stub, simple web service, deployed web services, client stub, target namespace, callback handler, wsdl file, provider properties, deploy the service Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ant Build, Properties Search, Start Stop Reload, User Libraries, Program Files, Repository Console Search, Problems Javadoc Declaration, Encrypt Signature, Using Crypto Engine, Cancel Click, Some Services, Sun Dec, Visit the Apache-Axis Home Page, Admin Port, Bindings Port Types, Simple Service, Sat Dec, Binding Binding Name, Apache-Axis Servlet, Activation Framework, Tomcat Manager, Directives Elements, Response Handler, Port Type, Request Flow Browse Sample Pages:
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