Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is at the heart of a revolutionary computing platform that is being adople of every mayor software provider. This new book by Thomas Ert (author of the international bestseller Service-Criented Archie Integraling XML, and Web Services) provides a comprehensive, end-to-end tutorial for SOA, Web services, and service-on Plald Guide to

Erl uses more than 125 case shady examples and over 300 diagrams to Iluminate the most important facets of building concepts, technologies, standards, delivery strategies, and processes for analysis and design. goals, obstacles

His book's broad coverage includes

• Detailed step-by-step processes for service-oriented analysis and service-oriented design
• An in-depth exploration of service-orientation as a distinct design paradigm, including a comparison to object-orientation
• A comprehensive stutty of SOA support in NET and J2EE development and runtime platforms
• Descriptions of over a dozen key Web services technologies and WS. specifications, including explanations of how they interrelate and how they are
• positioned within SOA The use of "In Plain English" sections, which describe complex concepts through non-technical analogies
• Guidelines for service-oriented business modeling and the creation of specialized service abstraction layers
• A study contrasting past architectures with SOA and reviewing current industry influences Project planning and the comparison of different SOA delivery strategies

The goal of this book is to help you attain a sold understanding of what constitutes contemporary SDA along with step-by-step guidance for realizing its successful implementation