Sep05

Driver deficiency had always stayed as a big problem. Company recommending conversion to Linux. Dec06 all fix packs withdrawn from IBM sites

Readings

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Building SOA Your Way

  • talks about SOA and WS-splat standards approach vs lightweight REST.
  • gives example sometimes complexity helps (e.g. WS-security)

.NET MicroFramework

  • different from Compact Framework as compatibility not as important, and therefore can reduce footprint
  • not as feature rich as Windows CE
  • future could include web services for devices

REST & WADL

  • It is a WADL tool that now supports Java, besides Python, C#
  • Web Application Description Language (WADL) is for REST as WSDL is for SOAP

Dotnet 3.5 DLR

  • Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) API that helps Iron Python and others
  • but not intrude into SOA boundaries

Workflow usage

  • help long running business processes to store state info
  • claim useful if business logic changes frequently