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Summary: Misleading title and missing objectives
Review: This book only provides a very light overview on critical topics which is not practically applicable. It's like cliff notes to the web services and I don't find anything in this book where the author discusses on a real world architectural model. This book directs you to the areas of concern but still need lot of resources to make it practical - which is a missing piece in the book. The examples discussed in section 3 are no different from the java.sun.com web services tutorial. The wsdl, uddi, transactions, security chapters are very vague, I find reading the specs more clear and helpful. To my interest, this book doesn't discuss the web services design and architectural prerequisites especially missing with design patterns, choice of protocols, case study examples, security practices etc.The amazon reviews are truly misleading and inappropriate.
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Summary: Obsolete book
Review: I am half way through this book and found the book to be obsolete by two versions of Java web services APIs. The APIs and code discussed in this book is not relevant in the current release of J2EE and Java web services bundle as well. The chapters are more disorganized and lacks the substance to make a real Java web services working. If you really want to create Java web services then this book is obsolete. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Worth the money!
Review: Web Services are self-describing, modular applications. The Web Services architecture can be thought of as a wrapper for the application code. This wrapper provides standardized means of: describing the Web Service and what it does; publishing it to a registry, so that it can easily be located; and exposing an interface, so that the service can be invoked - all in a machine-readable format. What is particularly compelling about Web Services is that any client that understands XML, regardless of platform, language and object model, can access them. This book is probably quite good in that it sets out to explain some facts about java, web services and architecture. It's comprehensive in it's nature and tone. This book provides a snapshot of the current state of these rapidly evolving technologies, beginning by detailing the main protocols that underpin the Web Services model (SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI), and then putting this theory to practical use in a wide array of popular toolkits, platforms, and development environments. The technologies presented in this book provide the foundations of Web Services computing, which is set to revolutionize Distributed Computing, as we know it. If you haven't been exposed to this kind of software and the mind set that is involved with it you might do well to get hold of this publication and read it from cover to cover.
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Summary: Book need updates.
Review: This book may be a good book sometime ago. I find the chapters now needs an update. the code discussed in the book not working now. The CD has got only old code and software.
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Summary: J2EE Developer's companion for Web services
Review: This is by far the best book on Java web services published so far. Unlike other books this one doesn't waste any chapters with theoretical content. Almost all the chapters are covered in depth with examples. I especially like the fact that the book does not waste time on explaining the Sun Web services pack repeatedly. This book keeps the focus on web services technologies by doing the coding in a notepad like environment-where you write all the code, make mistakes, stumble, and in the process, learn. If you have a web services project to demonstrate this is a best companion to jump start your work.
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Summary: Study, don't just read this book
Review: Many reviewers misunderstand the purpose of this book. In my opinion, this book is gold! The first three chapters give a clear and concise description of the technologies, without complication or over simplification. This book really worked for me. The compilation from experts with domain expertise created balanced and in-depth discussion without the "hype" associated with this subject. Key concepts and definitions, using examples and great illustrations, made this an easy book to read, but never shallow. If you want a great introduction to Web services, combining business strategy and technical architecture, this book is for you
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Summary: Practical Web Services
Review: Now that Web services passed the peak of the hype curve and have moved into productive use, Java Web Services Architecture provides a technical introduction to Web services that is packed with information on business models, products as well as base technology. This book is unique in that it covers more than APIs and provides guidance on creating service-oriented architectures and the practical considerations surrounding them. A quick glance at the table of content clearly demonstrates it contains more information than any other Web services book on the market today.
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Summary: Not much better than free online docs
Review: This book isn't much better than freely available online documents on the same subjects. The book suffers from the usual problems of a book with so many authors--the material overlaps and doesn't present a single cohesive perspective.
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Summary: Complete coverage of web services
Review: This is one of the most complete books on web services published to date. The authors have done a great job of writing about both architectural and development issues surrounding web services.
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Summary: Don't worth a read
Review: Many other reviewers have said it, but I'll say it too: This book is not as polished as it could be. My biggest gripe is that the contents are not organized in a way that supposed to illustrate a web services architecture. The lack of a substantive code and missing illustration is a serious problem. Section 1 and 3 was a huge disappointment, because it is just as terse as the official dox: Plenty on discussing on the unrealistic stuff, but missing on how to do the basics! And most of web services discussion is like reading a J2EE book with no sense of service oriented arcitecture. I was hoping for something beyond what's on the java.sun.com web site. The book is full too much of overview and mostly dated now. (allowing for the fact that software evolves faster than books ;->) There is too much goofy stuff. I tried using Java Web services pack and examples 'round about the same time couple of weeks ago it looks all examples in the book don't work in 1.2. Now I have to read the other tutorial and books around, so I don't have a very good basis for comparison. Bottom line: I don't recommend the book as a web services architecture or a reference of any sort.
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