I've noticed that when I talk to developers, Java and .NET developers prefer to consume SOAP (wsdl-based) services that they can easily import into their IDE, where as PHP and Ruby developers prefer to consume REST-based services since they are simple and fast, much like their choice of language.
-Scott On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Michael Poulin <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<m3poulin%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > > > One of lead architects around me said that SOA and RIA are almost > orthogonal > > because RIA demands fine-grained operations while SOA tends to > > coarse-grained ones... > > > > - Michael > > Hence my assertion that RIA and mashups will become more intimately > connected with SOA if/when > REST becomes a predominant approach for building services. > > REST exposes capabilities through a resource interface. (see my recent > post, REST is about Resources > [http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2008/03/rest-is-about-r.html]). The > resource interface is fine-grained. Any "thing" that you want to > interact with has a URL. RESTful services are significantly easier to > interact with than SOAP APIs, particularly from the RIA and mashup > tooling perspective. > > (Note that the RESTful service can still be coarse-grained -- but the > interface [the resources it exposes] is fine-grained.) > > Anne > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Rob Eamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <reamon%40cableone.net>> > > To: > > [email protected]<service-orientated-architecture%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:37:30 PM > > Subject: [service-orientated-architecture] Re: Meehan on RIA meets SOA > > > > > > > > > > Why is that? Why would an RIA be "more connected" to services based on > > the interaction style? Why would accessing services via REST vs. any > > other mechanism be considered more connected? A service consumer is a > > service consumer, regardless of the service interface, no? > > > > Or are you referring to the relative prevalence of an RIA's use of > > services compared to other approaches? > > > > -Rob > > > > --- In service-orientated- architecture@ yahoogroups. com, "Anne Thomas > > Manes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > RIA and mashups will become more intimately connected with SOA > > > if/when REST becomes a predominant approach for building services. > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it > > now. > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately via e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake; then, delete this e-mail from your system.
