Week 5 Reading References

This document contains materials referenced in the Week Lectures and used in the Week 5 Homework.

Web Services Reading References

Read the following material after the Web Services Lecture

Roseinda.net - What is Service-Oriented Architecture - read and study this completely. Every business and IT person should know this.

W3 Schools Web Services Tutorial - read all pages of this tutorial from WS Intro through WS Summary

Roseindia.net - Web services tutorial - This somewhat overlaps the W3 Schools Tutorial. Focus on "Implementing Web Services" and "Conclusion".

Roseindia.net SOA and Web Services table of contents - skim this document to understand the materials available. If you are technically inclined, follow the links to the Java examples

XML Example Review this to see the format used to send messages between service consumers and providers.

Optional XML Examples optional reading (may be clearer than the w3schools tutorial above)

SAP Service Oriented Architecture References

SOA What does it take -- Required reading is on pages 110-113 (type 112 into page number at the bottom of adobe reader to reach page 110)
--Link to article on SAP Web Site
--Link to article on Miller's web site

SOA What does it take - The lecture covered the pages listed below
Enterprise Service (page 40 adobe 42) - translate between applications in real time
Composite applications (Page 42 adobe 44)
Netweaver Composition (page 65 adobe 67)
Example of approval process model (87, 89)
Tie SAP SOA to Web Services tutorial (86,88)
Required reading (110-113, adobe 112-115)

J2EE Tutorial

The Java Enterprise edition environment provdies a comprehensive set of software to build distributed systems including the use of web services.
Your assignment is read pages 40-52 to understand the J2EE environment (and to answer later homework questions) and to scan the table of contents (pages x-y) to get a picture of the full complexity of the J2EE environment.
Link to tutorial on Sun Web Site
Link to tutorial on Miller's web site

Cloud Computing

Sample use of cloud computing Brief required reading
Amazon flexible payment services Brief required reading
Amazon Mechanical Turk Brief required reading