- ISBN13: 9780470223659
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
- Endorsed by all major vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and SAP), SOA has quickly become the industry standard for building next-generation software; this practical guide shows readers how to achieve the many benefits of SOA
- Begins with a look at the architectural principles needed to create successful applications and then goes on to examine the process for designing services and SOA implementations
- Each stage of the design process has an accompanying chapter that walks readers through the details and provides helpful tips, techniques, and examples
- The author team of SOA practitioners also provides two unique, comprehensive, end-to-end case studies illustrating the architectural and design techniques presented in the book
Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies
This book added very little to my current understanding of SOA. In fact I am not really sure what it contributes to the design strategies of SOA, and it is kind of too late to introduce SOA in year 2008 -> about almost 8 years after its inception. To learn about SOA basics I suggeet to get the SOA for Dummies book that does a better job on explaining SOA. Also the chapters about SOA security and SOA governance are poor and again do not add to the current industry discussion of SOA. I do not recommend it to mid or expert level SOA persons. But even people that starting with SOA will find it poor to begin with. It is too late too little. I like the case studies in the end of the book and again I am not sure why these cases are for insurance companies. Is this book for the insurence industry only?
Rating: 1 / 5
The book is great for novices, especially when it comes to handling enterprise integration. Most of the information is just ho-hum.
Rating: 3 / 5
Too much verbose, disconnected concepts and the writing style is hard to follow – like too many cooks spoil the broth. The book did well to introduce the basics of SOA but failed to connect the dots in terms of practical approaches with patterns and best practices. The content in Part 2 of this book sound a vendor specific material and couple of chapters are just showing less short than a hello world case study.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book clearly explains the concepts and principles of SOA and makes the vital link to Enterprise Architecture. I would highly recommend this book to start with. If you then need more detail on for instance SOA Design Principles or SOA Design Patterns read Thomas Erl’s series.
Rating: 5 / 5
If there is one book to be recommended for SOA practitioners (or those who wish to begin SOA), this would be it. The author does a great job of introducing the concepts and provides detailed analysis of each concept. Serious about SOA? This is *the* reference.
Rating: 5 / 5