Understanding Web Services: XML, WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI (Independent Technology Guides)
ASIN: 0201750813
Average Customer Review: 3.5, based on 25 reviews.
Customer reviews (5 of 25)
good but old, 2008-03-02, Rating: 4.
This title is very good for understanding basic WS technologies. But is older for now and some informations are outdated. Reprint with updated information (espec. UDDIv3) would be good.
Good Book, 2007-08-10, Rating: 3.
As a glosary is very good, if you where aming to learn how to program a web service it was not very good for me. I would prefer more code samples from the basics to advanced. Definitely you should have a previous knowledge of XML, and maybe even some basic knowledge of webservices before reading this.
Excellent Overview, But Extremely Difficult Read, 2007-05-10, Rating: 3.
I recommend this book for everyone beginning Web Services. However, I do so with a word of caution: READ IT SLOWLY AND READ IT TWICE. The book has a great spread of issues but is extremely difficult to sit down and read/work through.
All the issues covered are covered lightly with the exception of the most important topics: WSDL, SOAP, UUDI and ebXML. The only thing it didn't touch on that I wish it would have was REST.
Key pieces of these topics are scattered and you need to be careful to read through and keep notes about where you can find more information (I found myself keeping margin notes on where key pieces of information were in the book at the introduction of each topic).
I recommend it so that you can understand the complexity and get a good overview of the topic, but I would definitely say that the book is only a good place to begin. It will leave your head spinning, but if you have purchased other books on individual topics, it will provide you with a reference on how they tie together.
The book has its ups and it has its downs, but it is worth reading.
All the issues covered are covered lightly with the exception of the most important topics: WSDL, SOAP, UUDI and ebXML. The only thing it didn't touch on that I wish it would have was REST.
Key pieces of these topics are scattered and you need to be careful to read through and keep notes about where you can find more information (I found myself keeping margin notes on where key pieces of information were in the book at the introduction of each topic).
I recommend it so that you can understand the complexity and get a good overview of the topic, but I would definitely say that the book is only a good place to begin. It will leave your head spinning, but if you have purchased other books on individual topics, it will provide you with a reference on how they tie together.
The book has its ups and it has its downs, but it is worth reading.
A lot of understandble and useless paragraphs, 2007-01-13, Rating: 2.
We bought this book trying to find a good overview about what web-service implementation is, what WSDL means what RPC/Document style means, etc, by an expert point of view, I must say at least this is not the case.
There are a lot of paragraphs with useless information, that in the first read you avoid because you don't understand, in the next reads you avoid because they are useless.
Terms are confusing and mixed up, explanations also.
If you like skipping paragraphs it is a good newbie introduction, if you have some background on web-service just avoid it.
Really disappointing
There are a lot of paragraphs with useless information, that in the first read you avoid because you don't understand, in the next reads you avoid because they are useless.
Terms are confusing and mixed up, explanations also.
If you like skipping paragraphs it is a good newbie introduction, if you have some background on web-service just avoid it.
Really disappointing
Pretty good overview, 2005-07-26, Rating: 3.
This book provides a pretty good overview of web services--although it's a little heavy handed with xml. Bottom line is that i6t would be easy to wal away from this book thinking web services is simply xml schema--and miss the bigger picture.
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