Want to learn Web Services

[Ajay Tickle]

Hi,

I want to learn Web Services. I do not have much knowledge on it. I would to know how to start, what should i learn first. I know and working on Servlet, JSP, Struts, Hibernate. DO i need to learn XML first before starting web services.

What software i need to have on my PC. Currently i am using Tomcat for servlet/JSP.

Thank you for your help and answers
Ajay

[Asit Das]

I'm just adding one more question... Is there any book from where i can learn how to build a web service application from scratch to end...thanks in advance...

[Chris Keene]

One good way to learn about web services is to visit a site like http://www.programmableweb.com

For Java developers, another good way to learn about web services is by using a visual development environment that supports Web Services. That gives you an easy on ramp to get started with web services.

Two options here are:
1. WaveMaker: open source, visual development environment for building Web 2.0 Apps using Java, available at http://www.wavemaker.com/downloads (full disclosure - I work here )
2. Tibco GI: also open source, available at http://www.tibco.com

Either way, what you will get is a visual, WYSIWYG tool for building Java apps that call web services + some good sample apps.

For example, you can go see some good web services sample apps here:

http://www.wavemaker.com/products/demos.html

Including an app which uses web services from Xignite to build a financial dashboard and another app which combines data from SalesForce, LinkedIn and Technorati.

Hope this helps!

[karthikeyan Chockalingam]

An easy step by step tutorial which explains in detail how to upload a file to the server using Apache CXF is available at
http://theasolutions.com/tutorials/cxfuploadattachment.html
[ May 23, 2008: Message edited by: karthi keyan ]