Web Services: Principles and Technology Review

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(More customer reviews)This book stands out from the vast array of contemporary SOA and Web services literature in many ways:
1) It presents business context and technical requirements for Web services design on an adequate level of detail.
2) It provides important historical insight without putting the reader to sleep.
3) It covers relevant related work such as e-business, EAI, and networking as needed, unlike most other Web services books.
4) It separates abstract concepts such as messaging from implementation technology such as JMS appropriately, but shows the connections when needed.
5) It builds up a non-trivial example that demonstrates how the various specifications fit together, many unique illustrations help to digest.
6) It has non-trivial exercises that will deepen your understanding.
7) The author's has a hype-free, vendor-neutral writing style and is very experienced in his field.
It always is a good sign if as a reader I want more... so I would also have been interested in the author's view on the ongoing WS-*/SOAP vs. REST debate, and about adoption of the presented concepts and technologies in the industry (tools and project usage); for example, UDDI does not seem to have much traction these days. Maybe something for the Website accompanying the book, which will also have additional material for students and lecturers?
As a practicing IT architect, I have helped many companies to transform their existing applications into Web services-based SOAs. As a book author, I have captured my own experience with the technology in writing. As a researcher, I now investigate many of the architecture design issues the author points out. Still, I find this book to be very educational and informative; I highly recommend it for practitioners, students, and researchers that want to understand the big picture as well as technical rationale and details behind the various concepts and technologies. Those of you that believe some WSDL-to-Java wizards or RESTful POX/HTTP calls are all that is required for successful enterprise development and integration, please do have a look as well - you will begin to appreciate that there is more to the picture!

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Sun Web Server: The Essential Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)I read a lot of technical books about a lot of topics, but I read very few of them cover-to-cover. I did that with Sun Web Server, the Essential Guide. It's an easy read about a complex hunk of software. It goes into great depth, but is still understandable and practical.
Granted, I've worked with Sun Web Server and its predecessors for more than a decade as well as its competitors, so I have a vested interest in the topic. But this book clearly explained a lot that isn't evident in the user documentation. The book also benefits by the web server software itself, which seems to have improved significantly in this version.
The only negatives I have are that some chunks of text seem repetitive. I suspect that's so the chapters can stand alone. But if you read it from front to back, there are a couple 'didn't-you-already-say-that' moments.


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Sun Web Server: The Essential GuideWilliam Nelson • Arvind Srinivasan • Murthy Chintalapati (CVR)  Foreword by Scott G. McNealyThe authoritative, comprehensive guide to Sun Web Server 7.0 Sun Web Server is the secure web serving platform of choice for large-scale enterprises in industries from finance and telecommunications to travel and government. Now there's a complete, detailed guide to the latest Sun Web Server 7.0 release. Drawing on unsurpassed experience both training and supporting Sun's enterprise customers, this book's authors cover everything that developers, administrators, and architects need to know to implement and support Sun Web Server 7.0 within a single node or across an entire server farm.Server administrators will find task-focused coverage and hands-on examples for installation, configuration, cluster management, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Developers and architects will gain powerful insights into Sun Web Server's internals and learn how to extend its built-in functionality. Enterprise deployment specialists will find indispensable information on sizing and tuning, plus reference configurations to deploy advanced Web 2.0–style dynamic web sites. Whatever your role, this book will help you hit the ground running and get superior results for years to come. Coverage includes• Taking advantage of Sun Web Server 7.0's powerful new features• Walking through initial installations and upgrades• Customizing Sun Web Server's HTTP request processing to your specific requirements• Building dynamic content with scripting languages and server-side Java-based extensions• Creating secure dynamic Web 2.0 sites with your dynamic content and database technologies of choice• Monitoring server instances in live production environments and optimizing performance• Resolving server errors and other anomalies in Web Server runtime behavior • Using actual server configuration files from Sun's own large-scale technology deployments• Using the detailed reference information on Sun Web Server's main server configuration fileAbout the Web SiteThis book's companion web site, www.sunwebserver.com, contains FAQs, errata, answers to self-paced exercises, and links to download locations and product forums. About the AuthorsWilliam Nelson has more than 20 years of experience as a developer, instructor, author, consultant, and project manager. He has authored more than 10 Sun Microsystems courses on the Java Enterprise System, and currently manages a professional services organization that specializes in identity and access management. Arvind Srinivasan, an architect on the Sun Web Server development engineering team, has served as technical lead for the Servlet/JSP container of Sun's Web Server and Application Server. He is co-author of Java Networking and AWT API Superbible. Murthy Chintalapati (CVR), senior engineering manager at Sun Microsystems, is responsible for web tier products such as Sun Web Server 7.0, and the OpenSolaris Web Stack project. He holds five U.S. patents for web and application server technologies and was awarded Sun Microsystems Chairman's Award for Innovation. informit.com/phsunwebserver.comText printed on recycled paperCover image: Sun photo library

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