Hi,
I am a newbie to java world, and want to learn use of web services. Can any one tell me some good tutorials on web services on following topics
1. Why do we need web-services
2. How to install web-services related softwares.
3. How to develop and test web-services apps.
I am using NetBeans5.5 btw.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Alex,
Now on Java EE 5 web service development is pretty straight forward - why not try the Java EE 5 tutorial to start, using Netbeans IDE and Sun's AS with the examples.
Back in J2EE 1.4 I found Richard Monson-Haefel's "J2EE Web Services" to be an excellent resource. I'm not sure if he's got a new EE 5 version out or not, but he's a very clear author.
We need web services because the world is a heterogeneous place on which to build distributed systems. Web services offer a standardized means of passing messages in distributed systems that are composed of disparate platforms, hiding the heterogeneity of data type conversions, storage formats and network protocols.
Welcome to the Java world,
_jd
