Our latest book, Developing Web Services for Web Applications, takes you on a
guided tour of developing and using Web Services with Rational Developer and
WebSphere. This article, an extract from the book, gives you an introduction
to the basic steps to create and use a simple Web Service in Rational
Developer, and describes what you’ll learn when you follow the guided
tour.
To follow along with the steps in the book, you need IBM WebSphere
Application Server 6.0. You also need either IBM Rational Web Developer 6.0
or IBM Rational Application Developer 6.0. Application Developer contains all
the same functions you’ll find in Web Developer (and much more), so you
can follow the instructions with either product. For simplicity, we refer to
the tools as Rational Developer, but you can use the one you prefer. You can
install WebSphere Application Server and ... (more)
Most IT shops recognize the need for applying Java technology. So what keeps
Java from becoming even more prevalent than it is today?
Some shops are hampered by a lack of in-house Java development skills or the
perception that Java is difficult to learn. Others are attracted to the
multiplatform benefits of Java but are daunted by the complexities of
accessing and deploying to heterogeneous systems. Fortunately, the latest
advances in Java technology have significantly reduced the complexity in
developing Java applications and making them accessible across the
enterprise.
IBM R... (more)
Who are you writing beans for? Like most bean developers, you probably think
your customer is someone just like you, a Java programmer. You design your
beans with yourself in mind, adding features that would help you as a
programmer. Seems reasonable. But what if you could reach a wider audience?
Programmers are only a small slice of the computer-user population. If any
computer user could pick up your bean and wire it into an application without
programming, imagine the increased potential for selling your bean, and for
Java programming in general. This article looks first at how... (more)
Stephanie Parkin works as an information architect on the IBM developerWorks WebSphere Web site. She has co-authored two books on visual programming: Building Applications with WebSphere Studio and JavaBeans and VisualAge for Java for Non-Programmers. She is currently writing a book on developing Web services with the Rational Developer products.
Scott Sellers
Anthony Franco
Daniel Morris
Wayne Walls
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Jereme Hancock
Oren Michels
Marvin Wheeler
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