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Loosely Coupled: The Missing Pieces of Web Services
by Doug Kaye
from Rds Associates

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• He's got it right!
  As a number of reviewers have indicated, this is not a recipe book for implementing Web Services/SOAs. Rather, Kaye provides a terrific overview of the proper way to approach Web Services/SOAs. He correctly eschews the use of object-to-object invocations through Web Services and instead evangelizes a true *service* model where services with well-defined interfaces are accessed - not object methods invoked.
  Once he's made that important point, he identifies shortcomings or "missing pieces" in the... more info

• A Random Walk Through Web Services
  This book has been a tremendous disappointment, specially since most reviewers gave it 4 or 5 stars and I usually trust reviewers' opinions. Disclaimer: I'm a programmer, not a manager or a burocrat.
  First of all it really bothered me to find so many mispellings. A simple spell check would not have hurt. Other spelled ohter, etc. If you didn't use a spell checker, what else did you forget with such a loose quality control policy?
  Secondly the title of this book was clearly brainstormed AFTER it... more info

• Excellent reading for everyone interested in concepts
  They say, that this book is mainly for executives and architects. That is not true. Even developers should read it, although it doesn't provide any API descriptions or howtos. The book describes how current systems and architectures have evolved to the Service Oriented form, as well as what does it actually mean for the real enterprise applications and environments. It is obvious, that the author knows what he is talking about, since he gives the reader a deep insight into the whole Web Services concept,... more info

• Clearly presented and cuts to the chase.
  I have been using this book as a reference and teaching text since Sept 2003 and have stuck with it because I have found that it offers more comprehensive and clearer explanations of the key web service concepts than do other comparable texts - though some other books eg by Marks and Werrell or by Douglas Barry are also well written and have their strengths, they are somewhat less insightful on important aspects. The coverage of 'missing pieces' such as WS security, is [inevitably] becoming dated but... more info

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