4.6. Supporting Software Tools

4.6.1. Web Services Development Platform

TCPTunnel. This is a utility that listens to the TCP/IP port, say, port 8080 for SOAP messages. It comes with Apache SOAP Axis, which you can download from http://xml.apache.org/axis.

SOAP Debugger. An example is XMLSpy, which is an XML editing utility with some SOAP debugging capability. You can download a trial copy from http://www.xmlspy.com.

4.6.2. Web Services Deployment Platform

Unit Testing. An example is jTest, which is a Java-based unit testing tool.

Stress/Load Testing. An example is Mercury Interactive's LoadRunner, which is an application stress test tool. Refer to http://www.mercuryinteractive.com for details.

Regression Testing. An example is Rationale Test Studio, ...

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