Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
Product Description
Commercial systems built today are increasingly using XML technologies for storing any amount of text or data.
Services and Business Computing Solutions with XML: Applications for Quality Management and Best Processes collects the latest research for academicians and practitioners that describes the use and synergy between data structure technologies. This book explores and investigates various issues of XML data and related applications summarized by Web services.
Product Description
* The essential guide to this exciting new programming language and the first book on the topic, written by one of the creators of Water programming
* Water is a new, native Web service programming language that allows the developer to program in XML syntax, replacing the different languages of the various technologies required to build Web applications
* Shows readers how to greatly speed and simplify their Web applications and Web services development using Water
* Offers hands-on tutorials with more than 100 fully functional examples of Water applications
* Companion Web site provides additional information and connects the reader with an active user community
Product Description
Take XML Web services beyond today’s common uses to the realm of production-grade, data-intensive enterprise application integration, and Web commerce projects. Use SOAP and WSDL standards and the .NET Framework to open your client applications and server components to XML Web services located anywhere on the Internet. Leverage Visual Basic.NET and ASP.NET to generate new Web services that deliver syndicated content, financial reports, and business partner interoperation. As you progress through Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services Developer’s Guide, you’ll discover the easiest and fastest methods for creating and deploying enterprise-level XML Web services with Visual Basic .NET.
Product Description
XML, Data, Dates, Web Services, and Web APIs
In Detail
PEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, and is a framework and distribution system for reusable, high-quality PHP components, available in the form of “packages”.
In this book, you will learn how to use a number of the most powerful PEAR packages available to boost your PHP development productivity. By focusing on these packages for key development activities, this book is an in-depth guide to getting the most from these powerful coding resources.
You will become a master of various PEAR packages that help you with the essential tasks of PHP development such as:
* Accessing databases with MDB2
* Displaying data in a range of formats (HTML, Excel spreadsheet, PDF)
* Creating and parsing XML documents
* Serializing PHP objects into XML, and unserializing XML documents to PHP objects
* Consuming and offering web services
* Accessing Web APIs including Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and Technorati
What you will learn from this book? Chapter 1 shows you how to access databases with the MDB2 package. You will learn:
* Connecting to the database, and instantiate objects
* Executing queries and fetching data
* MDB2 SQL abstraction; sequences, replace queries, sub-select support, prepared statements
* Using MDB2 modules
* Extending MDB2 to provide custom fetch and result classes, iterators, and modules
Chapter 2 explains how to use PEAR packages to display data . It teaches you:
* Creating powerful tables of data easily with the HTML_Table package
* Advanced table formatting with HTML_Table_Matrix
* Creating Excel spreadsheets dynamically with Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
* Adding formatting to these spreadsheets including colors, patterns, formulae and number formatting
* Creating flexible, sortable grids of data with Structures_DataGrid
* Adding columns to the grid, control paging, select data sources, and renderers
* Using File_PDF to create PDF documents on the fly
Chapter 3 covers the usage of PEAR packages to work with XML and stresses on:
* Creating XML documents with XML_Util, XML_Fastcreate
* Transforming PHP objects to XML format with XML_Serializer
* Creating Mozilla applications with XML_XUL
* Parsing XML with XML_Parser
* Processing XML documents to PHP objects with XML_Unserializer
* Parsing RSS with XML_RSS
Chapter 4 is an extensive tutorial on working with web services and Web API’s using PEAR packages. We cover the following topics:
* Consuming web services
* Consuming XML-RPC-based web services
* Accessing the Google API
* Searching blog entries with Services_Technorati
* Accessing the Amazon web service
* Accessing the Yahoo API
* Offering XML-RPC-based web services
* Offering SOAP-based web services
* Offering REST-based services using XML_Serializer
Chapter 5 covers PEAR’s date and time functions using the PEAR::Calendar and PEAR::Date packages such as:
* Creating, manipulating, and comparing Date objects
* Data_Span arithmetic
* Handling timezones with Date_Timezone
* Keeping track of public holidays with Date_Holiday
* Using the Calendar class to display an HTML calendar
Approach
Packed with code examples, every topic is explained in a clear, practical way.
Who this book is written for?
This book is for PHP developers who want to maximize their productivity through the use of proven, high-quality, reusable PEAR components. Some experience of working with PEAR classes will prove helpful, and developers who’ve used PEAR before can find something new to delight them.
PHP Programming with PEAR: XML, Data, Dates, Web Services, and Web APIs
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This Financial Insights report examines the adoption of services oriented architecture (SOA) in Canadian financial services organizations. The report examines the importance institutions place on SOA as an IT strategy, the drivers behind adoption, the scope and magnitude of current and future projects, and planned investment in SOA-related software and services.
“SOA adoption has been sluggish in the Canadian market,” reports Patricia Howell, senior analyst, Canadian Financial Advisory Services. However, our recent research suggests that Canadian banks and capital markets firms have seen the compelling value proposition that SOA deployment can bring to their respective businesses and are prepared to act.”
