Is Web services development too complicated? A small but influential group of Web developers thinks so. These developers advocate a new approach – one they say is simpler than the World Wide Web ...

Microsoft executive and XML pioneer Jean Paoli is skeptical of battle between the services, believing that developers make choices based on project needs There are perceptions afoot of a Web services ...

A bit of rest always helps. We have to seize every opportunity to pause and reflect on where we’ve been before making new plans to move forward. In the topsy-turvy world of SOA (Service-Oriented ...

Remember the heyday of Web services, when we were always just one specification away from perfect interoperability? Ultimately, that towering stack of protocols collapsed under its own weight. SOAP ...

While SOAP-based web services form the backbone of most legacy web service implementations, RESTful APIs have become the de facto standard for cloud-native microservices development. In this ...

Many Java professionals are interested in learning the basics about RESTful Web services, but they often find tutorials that are overly complicated. In this quick tip, we’re going right back to the ...

Enterprises have probably heard of REST before. Companies may even have experience with building RESTful services. But what many may not have considered is how REST can help create web and mobile ...

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