Overview
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!
- Technical Reviewers:
- Yves LaFon, Chair of the SOAP W3C Committee
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 INCLUDED
The accompanying CD-ROM contains complete SOAP implementations for Windows, Linux, and UNIX, plus all source code from the book.
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.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewSimpler is better. Simpler protocols are more powerful, and far more likely to succeed. Think HTTP, HTML, XML -- and now, SOAP. Compared to, say, DCOM and CORBA, this is a breath of fresh air. All SOAP requires is basic text-processing capabilities: no complex security or component models, not even a full-fledged XML parser (no DTDs or processing instructions to worry about). With the complexity stripped out, it's not only easier to master, you can deploy it far more widely.
In this book, Scott Seely shows programmers exactly how to get started with SOAP in real-world application development. After a chapter covering "all the XML you need to know" to work with SOAP, he explains each key element of the spec, walks through building simple clients and servers, and introduces two complementary specifications that really make SOAP fly: the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI).
Part III of the book presents a start-to-finish case study: a web-based auction system that's seriously cross-platform. Get this: It's built with Java, Visual Basic, and C#, using SOAP toolkits from Apache and Microsoft, and runs on UNIX, Windows, and .NET. Talk about proof of concept! (Bill Camarda)
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. He served for nearly ten years as vice president of a New Jerseybased marketing company, where he supervised a wide range of graphics and web design projects. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.
An introduction to using SOAP on Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms, this book/CD-ROM package explains XML needed to get started with SOAP, outlines SOAP's basic syntax, shows how to extend SOAP to support heterogeneous and legacy environments, and covers SOAP programming with C++, C#, Perl, Visual Basic, and Java. Six chapters present a complete case study, from requirements and design through coding. The CD-ROM contains SOAP implementations for Windows, Linux, and UNIX, plus source code from the book. Seely has written a previous book on Windows Shell Programming. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR