Summary
In this chapter, we introduced some of the basic web services concepts so that you could get acquainted with these technologies before using them to enhance your ticket application.
Then, we went through SOAP-based web services that are based on a contract between the service and client defined by the WSDL file. SOAP web services are an excellent option to integrate systems when you have well-defined, abstract operations exposed using standard XML files.
Then, we discussed REST services. The key to the REST methodology is to write web services using an interface that is already well known and widely used: the URI. The twist here is to identify the key system resources (this can be entities, collections, or anything else the designer thinks ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access