September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
9h 58m
English
This is a book about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and about solving the challenges involved in implementing it. We’ll discuss that in two parts. Part 1, the first seven chapters, discusses SOA and a range of architectural patterns, demonstrating them in numerous examples; part 2, chapters 8–10, looks at how it all works in real life.
Chapter 1 introduces SOA and its components (services, consumers, messages, endpoints, contracts, and policies) as well as the patterns approach. The subsequent chapters detail the different patterns.
Chapter 2 takes a look at foundation patterns—basic patterns that are needed to get started with implementing services. Chapter 3 covers patterns related to performance, scalability, and ...