Mule in Action, Second Edition

Book description

Mule in Action, Second Edition is a totally-revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data.



About the Technology

An enterprise service bus is a way to integrate enterprise applications using a bus-like infrastructure. Mule is the leading open source Java ESB. It borrows from the Hohpe/Woolf patterns, is lightweight, can publish REST and SOAP services, integrates well with Spring, is customizable, scales well, and is cloud-ready.



About the Book

Mule in Action, Second Edition is a totally revised guide covering Mule 3 fundamentals and best practices. It starts with a quick ESB overview and then dives into rich examples covering core concepts like sending, receiving, routing, and transforming data. You'll get a close look at Mule's standard components and how to roll out custom ones. You'll also pick up techniques for testing, performance tuning, and BPM orchestration, and explore cloud API integration for SaaS applications.

Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs.



What's Inside
  • Full coverage of Mule 3
  • Integration with cloud services
  • Common transports, routers, and transformers
  • Security, routing, orchestration, and transactions


About the Reader

Written for developers, architects, and IT managers, this book requires familiarity with Java but no previous exposure to Mule or other ESBs.



About the Authors

David Dossot is a software architect and has created numerous modules and transports for Mule. John D'Emic is a principal solutions architect and Victor Romero a solutions architect, both at MuleSoft, Inc.



Quotes
Captures the essence of pragmatism that is the founding principle of Mule.
- From the Foreword by Ross Mason, Creator of Mule

A new, in-depth perspective.
- Dan Barber, Penn Mutual

Excellent topic coverage and code examples.
- Davide Piazza, Thread Solutions srl, MuleSoft Partner

This edition has grown, with more real-world examples and a thorough grounding in messaging.
- Keith McAlister, CGI

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Product information

  • Title: Mule in Action, Second Edition
  • Author(s): Victor Romero, John D'Emic, David Dossot
  • Release date: February 2014
  • Publisher(s): Manning Publications
  • ISBN: 9781617290824