Web Services A Technical Introduction [Paperback]

Harvey M. Deitel (Author), Paul J. Deitel (Author), B. DuWaldt (Author), L. K. Trees (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0130461350 | ISBN-13: 978-0130461353 | Publication Date: August 24, 2002 | Edition: 1

For IT managers and the business professionals who rely on IT, few technologies offer as much promise as Web Services. Now, there's a complete Web Services briefing designed specifically for non-programmers. In this book, world-renowned technology trainers and consultants Harvey and Paul Deitel cover everything managers need to know about Web Services: business models, potential benefits, platforms, strategies, processes, and technologies. The Deitels clearly explain what Web Services are, and how they've evolved to solve problems that can't easily be addressed with traditional distributed technologies. They explain why Web Services offer powerful opportunities for slashing overhead and simplifying process integration, while clearly identifying risks (including standards instability, and concerns about security, application management, and performance). They review major technologies for enabling Web Services, including XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; competitive strategies from Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, and IBM; as well as Linux-based approaches. Coverage also includes: comparisons of service-to-business (S2B), service-to-employee (S2E), and service-to-consumer (S2C) business models, including early examples such as .NET My Services and the Liberty Alliance; and the impact of Web Services on CRM, human resources, collaboration, and throughout the enterprise.

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From the Back Cover

Web Services A Technical Introduction

Understand all this:

• What Web services are and how they work
• How Web services can reduce costs andincrease efficiency
• Core Web services technologies: XML, SOAP,WSDL and UDDI
• Web-services security: emerging standardsthat can mitigate risk
• .NET and Java™ (JAXM, SAAJ and JAX-RPC) Web-services implementations
• Web services strategies from MicrosoftSun®, IBM®, HP®, BEA™, and others
• Web services business models
• Case studies examining real companiesusing Web services
• And more...

The technical professional¿s complete guide to the business andtechnology of Web services

Written for IT managers, software developers and business professionals alike, this guide explains thebusiness and technology of Web services. Begin with an explanation of what Web services are, howthey differ from previous computing paradigms and what benefits they offer. Explore Web servicesbusiness models-including B2B and B2C scenarios-and the core standards that enable them:XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.

Understand the strategies of key industry players, including Microsoft® , Sun® Microsystems, IBM®,Hewlett-Packard and BEA Systems; then move on to detailed treatments of .NET and Java™ Webservices. Learn about Web-services security, the risks involved and the technologies that can secureyour infrastructure. Numerous case studies explain how Web services enable organizations to increaseefficiency, create new revenue streams and interact with customers and business partners moreeffectively. Appendices contain Visual Basic® .NET and Java LIVE-CODE™ implementations of Web-services-based applications.

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the interna-tionallyrecognized IT content-creation and corporate-training organization. Together with theircolleagues at Deitel & Associates, Inc., they have written the successful How to Program Series collegetextbooks that hundreds of thousands of students throughout the world have used to master C,C++, Java, C # , Visual Basic .NET, Perl, Python, XML and other languages.

DEITEL TESTIMONIALS (from Pre-Publication Reviewers)

"This is a huge topic to tackle with a single volume and I think it doesan excellent job covering all the bases. Even though I¿ve been workingwith Web services for over a year and a half, I learned quite a bit!"-Justin Whitney

"This book provides a technically focused introduction that strikes agood balance between the implications that Web services have uponbusiness as well as upon technical infrastructures."-Kyle Gabhart

"I love this book. I have pretty much all the Web services books thathave been released...and so far, I like this one best...actually I pretty much always like theDeitels best...Each chapter is self contained enough that one can use it as a reference book."-Mason Ham

The DEITEL™ Developer Series is designed for practicing professionals. The series presents focusedtreatments of emerging technologies, including .NET, J2EE™, Web services and more. Each book inthe series contains the same LIVE-CODE™ teaching methodology used so successfully in the Deitels¿How to Program Series college textbooks. The series includes a wide selection of books suitable forthree types of readers:

• A Technical Introduction: Broad overviews of new technologies for programmers,technical managers and other technical professionals
• A Programmer's Introduction: Focused treatments of programming fundamentals for practicing programmers and for novices
• For Experienced Programmers: Detailed treatments of language topics for experiencedprogrammers

About the Author

Harvey M. Deitel is one of the world's leading computer science instructors and seminar presenters, and author of twelve books. Paul J. Deitel has taught programming at many of the world's leading companies. Together, they have written numerous books, and are principals of Deitel & Associates, a leading global training firm.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130461350
• ISBN-13: 978-0130461353
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,378,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book --- Comprehensive and Example- rich book., August 29, 2002

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G.GNANA ARUN GANESH (India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Services A Technical Introduction (Paperback)

I have been functioning in this web services world for the past one plus years. I go through various articles, engaged in real time web services projects etc. This book provides the reader all the in-sight into web services. Web Services is a buzzing word around the software world as a next generation of distributing computing. This well organized book covers all the realistic topics starts with what are web services, need and different business models including B2B, B2C scenarios. It also states how web services are different and advantageous from present technologies and the core web services technologies (XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI) the building blocks of web services. It discuss in detail about the implementation of web services in both .NET and Java.
Absolutely, Web Services transfigure the software world, but it has yet to ripe out to use it in enterprise systems. Still web services are maturing. At present, web services are excellent for plain message transaction from one program/application to other. That is Web Services can be used in non-critical applications where security, reliability are not significant. One of the major concerns, we take notice of in Web Services is security. If there's one thing that has slowed the widespread acceptance and implementation of Web Services, it's their lack of security standards, reliability issues and Transaction Processing etc.
I take pleasure in reading the Web services Security chapter. It explores all the security issues such as Basic security issues, SSL, XML Signature, XML Encryption, XKMS, SAML, XACML and WS-Security in a comprehensive manner. Appendices contain VisualBasic.NET and Java Live-code implementation of web services based applications.

Microsoft and IBM have produced a road map outlining the additional Web Services security specifications along with WS-security. This book explained Microsoft's GXA, a series of specifications, which address the various problems faced by the web services in depth along with .NET MyServices, and Mappoint.NET. The two things, I enjoy very much in this book are the employing of abundant case studies and the vast Internet and Web Resources. All the case studies provide the reader a realistic knowledge. The chapters of this book walk around a wide range of recommended reading lists. All these resources help one for further reading.

Written for IT managers, software developers and business professionals alike, this guide explains the business and technology of Web services.

"This Outstanding book arrived at the exact period, which provides all the details about the Web Services in Comprehensive, realistic and practical manner."

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for programmers, August 26, 2006

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Mr. Ian M. Hinson (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Web Services A Technical Introduction (Paperback)

I hoped that this book, being a "Technical Introduction", would get me up to speed as quickly as possible on the nuts and bolts of web services. As a programmer I had a real world requirement to build web service client functionality into one of my programs immediately ("yesterday") and bought this book to put me in the picture about the web services framework from a technical point of view.
But after having ploughed through the first jargon-laden five chapters at no time did I feel I was getting any closer to completing my task. Not until Chapter 6 does Deitel introduce SOAP, but still with no crystalline description of the client-server interaction.
I abandoned the book at that stage and sought out magazine and web articles, dedicated to my programming language of choice, that gave examples and background descriptions of hands-on building of SOAP clients. Ultimately that's what enabled me to get the job done. What I'd read in Deitel didn't put me in much better position than if I'd never read it.
For example Deitel covers the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit in less than one page. I feel programmers of all persuasions would have benefitted from a detailed description of what it does and how it is used, even if they ultimately don't end up using that specific tool.
I'm not saying this book wouldn't be useful for non-technical people who want some sort of clue about what web services are, how they can be used, and vaguely how the operate.
Perhaps it's not Deitel's fault I was misguided by the word "technical" in the book's name, and thought this book would be orientated towards programmers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Refernce Book, March 4, 2008

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Stoneman (NE, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Services A Technical Introduction (Paperback)

This book starts with the basics and brings you through everything you need to know about web services. I use it all the time now as a desk reference. The authors do a create job at providing real-world case studies.