Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started [Paperback]

Brian E. Travis (Author), Mae Ozkan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

Getting value from stuff you don't own is a compelling idea. Just think, someone else has created something that has value, and has given it or loaned it to you so you can leverage that value in ways that makes all parties richer. That's the promise of web services. Web services is all about exposing your services to your customers, whether they are external business partners or internal departments. Web services forces you to think of your information assets in a service-oriented view. Don?

Editorial Reviews

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Accessible, Witty, Thorough Treatise on Web Services -- Web Services Booknotes, July 2002

Finally, a Web Services Book that Shows the Big Picture -- Newsletter, July 2002

If you need to know about Web services, you need this book. And you need to know about Web services! -- XML University Reviews, June 28 2002

If you want to get started with Web services, this book is definitely the place to start. -- Web Services Architect Newsletter, July, 2002

This book rocks! It is written in a style that is not boring or technically overdone, like most developer books. -- Newsletter, July 2002

While most books on Web services are aimed at developers, this one is also useful for architects and managers. -- XML University

From the Author

Brian E. Travis

Implementation of web services has been slow because some people see it as a technology problem. We see people get frustrated when they try to implement their web services with only tools. That approach solves only part of the problem; it is like thinking you can build an accounting system with just a COBOL compiler. The compiler is required, to be sure, but it is only invoked after needs are analyzed, a system is architected, and the green light is given for implementation.

Mae Ozkan

Architects and developers must view their operation in a different way. Instead of focusing only on tools, implementers also need to think about their entire operation from services point-of-view and automate the processes they want to share. Only after those processes are automated and working will implementers be able to expose them as services to internal or external systems. There are great tools creating web services applications, but those applications will be much more robust if architects and developers understand the larger structural issues.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Architag International Corp. (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964960230
• ISBN-13: 978-0964960237
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,502,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Travis has been disassembling technology since shortly after birth. Before computers came along, he was content to turn his attention to household appliances. An advocate of the "learn by making mistakes" school, Brian is never afraid of doing just that. He is an expert in information interchange, having been a member of the original Standard Generalized Markup Language committee and involved in various XML-based standards. In addition to working as a consultant to large enterprise customers, Brian has shared his experience as an author, lecturer, and teacher to audiences all over the world. He lives in beautiful New Hampshire.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get started with web services, August 20, 2002

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xmlguru001 (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started (Paperback)

This book is one of many new titles on web services (the book's introduction makes the case for using a lowecase-w in "web" services). Most of the books that I have seen cover the world of web services in terms of this or that tool. Java J2EE, Microsoft .NET, IBM Web Services Toolkit, etc.

This book gets beyond a particular implementation of code and talks about the business reasons for implementing web services. This includes planning, automating processes behind the firewall, determining security issues and so forth. This is the only book I have seen that covers such architectural facets.

As a developer, I found the coverage of the technologies very helpful. As my company's chief architect, I found many things to think about in the book.

The book covers the standards (XML, XSD, SOAP, WSDL) in a very accessible way, with witty commentary so it does not get boring. This is quite a feat for such an acronym-rich technology.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Web services resource for Architects & Managers, November 23, 2003

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Darshan Singh (Algonquin, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started (Paperback)

Real life examples, diagrams, easy to read, and is up-to-date - this book is recommended for architects, managers, developers, who would like to get a good understanding of SOAP and XML Web services. This book contains answers to your "what", "why", and "how" questions pertaining to XML Web services. The chapters flow nicely. It also talks about BizTalk and ebXML and how they fit in Web services paradigm. This first volume ends with discussion on more recent Web services standards (WS-****).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learned so much!, August 19, 2002

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Jessica (XML Guru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Services Implementation Guide, Volume 1: Getting Started (Paperback)

I read the book very easily. It thought me so much about web services, how it evolves and where it is going to. It cleared many questions I had in my mind. I am technically enhanced now! It is fantastic to understand the cool technologies.