Chapter 11

Getting Started with Web Services

This chapter provides an approach to getting started with Web services. It provides three basic experiments that use Web services and then uses the story about C. R.’s business trip to address more advanced uses of Web services. At the end is a vision of what Web services might mean for the future.

All Web Services Connections Look the Same

By now, you probably have noticed that the Web services protocols for connecting internal services are no different than the protocols needed for connecting internal services to external services. Web services and the pervasiveness of HTTP connections make it relatively easy to connect internal and external services together.

The Impact of Web Services

For many companies, ...

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