Service-oriented architecture bookshelf

Bookshelf:SOA Chapters

SOA Chapters

Service-oriented architecture bookshelf

The chapters in the service-oriented architecture bookshelf have been chosen for your specific business needs. We will continue to update this center as often as possible in order to further your IT education. The following chapters include information on Web services integration, governance, Java, XML, REST, and Ajax.

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  • Designing services

    Tip -  This chapter, excerpted from "An Implementor's Guide to Service Oriented Architecture: Getting It Right" discusses topics like designing for reuse and error handling.

  • Integration and SOA

    Tip -  This chapter, excerpted from Integration and "SOA: Concepts, Technologies, and Best Practices", discusses the benefits and best practices of SOA in relation to integration.

  • Security and Ajax

    Tip -  This chapter discusses security-related concerns that have particular implications for Ajax.

  • Integrating and Automating Business Processes

    Tip -  This chapter discusses strategies and best practices for process integration and automation.

  • Providing Web Services

    Tip -  This chapter discusses how to provide your own Web services and RSS feeds specific to your business design and specifications.

  • Creating User-Defined Mashups

    Tip -  This chapter, excerpted from "Oracle Database Ajax and PHP Web Application Development," discusses how to personally customize your applications using mashups.

  • Abstraction Works Only in a Perfect World

    Tip -  This chapter examines the necessary technical context, requirements, and characteristics of the "IT Elephant Eater." The chapter then goes on to analyze existing IT elephant-eating approaches and highlights the problems these approaches present with...

  • SOA Governance

    Tip -  This chapter discusses strategies for best going about keeping the checks and balances between business and IT using SOA governance.

  • Chapter Excerpt: Understanding Mashup Patterns

    chapter excerpt -  Micahel Ogrinz outlines internet growth and explains mashup trends in this chapter of his recent book, Mashup Patterns.

  • Putting It All Together

    Tip -  This chapter discusses principles and goals for companies to achieve SOA innovation.