Choosing Between an RPC-Style and a Message-Style Web Service

When you give us your Twitter credentials we supply you with a TwitterMail email address. For instance abcdef1234@twittermail.com. If you send an email to that address it will be posted to Twitter.com

SnapLogic is an Open Source Data Integration framework that combines the power of dynamic programming languages with standard Web interfaces to solve today's most pressing problems in data integration.

WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and message format to define an endpoint. Related concrete endpoints are combined into abstract endpoints (services). WSDL is extensible to allow description of endpoints and their messages regardless of what message formats or network protocols are used to communicate, however, the only bindings described in this document describe how to use WSDL in conjunction with SOAP 1.1, HTTP GET/POST, and MIME.

This is the beginning of a short series on creating a software repository system built on Web services and developed in the Python programming language. Mike Olson shows you the details of using the 4Suite open-source XML server with Python to create Web service-based applications.

This opening article of our new column focuses on the benefits and challenges of building Web service applications. Web services may be an evolutionary step in designing distributed applications, however, they are not without their problems. Graham outlines the difficulties developers face in creating a truly workable distributed system of Web services. This article also outlines his plan for building peer-to-peer Web applications over the coming issues of this column.

Using service-oriented architectures as a way of enabling flexible and resilient enterprises is becoming widespread. Success with initial SOA deployments now lets architects and developers focus on things that are common to all business and IT systems. One such constant in any system is change. This article discusses the challenge of change in SOA and describes a model that helps address the challenge

Python's motto has always been "batteries included," referring to the large array of standard libraries and facilities that come with the language installation. This article presents an overview and survey of tools and facilities available for Web services development in Python. This includes built-in Python features and third-party open-source tools.

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This article describes the Web Application Description Language (WADL). An increasing number of Web-based enterprises (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Flickr - to name but a few) are developing HTTP-based applications that provide access to their internal data usi

Here you'll find the language specification and tools for working with WADL descriptions of Web applications.

Most people are very familiar with Amazon's retail business, but the company also has a popular technology arm, Amazon Web Services, which provides developers with direct access to Amazon's robust technology platform.

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