Posted under SOA on December 2nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
One semester in high school, I joined a show choir. After two months, I decided that I had endured all of the step-chasse, step-ball-change, and “jazz hands” that I could stand! I don’t remember any of it now, but I do remember the importance of choreography and coordination among the various participants. […]
Posted under SOA on March 2nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
I’ve been following the whole SOAP vs REST debate for some time now. I still remember the first time that anyone ever challenged me on why I recommend SOAP to clients and not REST. It was James Duncan Davidson (creator of Tomcat and Ant) and we were speaking together on the “No Fluff […]
Posted under SOA on February 22nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
I’m pretty excited about the recent release of JAX-WS 2.1. The 2.1 build is a complete re-architecture aimed at performance and extensibility and the JAX-WS team has been working on it for nearly a year. They have FINALLY shed the old JAX-RPC skin and done a full redesign. The new release also includes […]
Posted under SOA on February 22nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
As SOA increases in maturity and we understand it better, inevitably we develop standards and common design strategies. One such design strategy that I am closing monitoring is the evolution of the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). In particular, I am interested in the potential development of a standardized SOA middleware framework framework that […]