Yet the only reference in the article is someone using WS-* and only looking at REST. It's a nice figure but where are the references? The article reads like "look REST is simple, but the only guy who would go on record is doing the other stuff, but he is thinking about REST so that proves it". Did you do the survey?
Steve Sent from my iPad On 30 Jul 2010, at 01:38, Nick Gall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > References? I've dealt with a bunch in the last few years and see REST a > couple of times and always limited to the web side. Meanwhile I've seen > huge, massive WS-* programmes in lots of different enterprises. On the > references side there are stacks for WS-* but I'm still struggling to find > REST enterprise integration examples, but I look forward to reading them. > > http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214501922 : > > But our take--supported by survey results and discussions with a wide range > of stakeholders--is that many companies are moving forward with SOA > implementations, though a significant number have decided to shift course and > take the path of least resistance. In essence, that means building their SOAs > on the Web, using Internet-delivered APIs, and swapping in more agile > REST-based Web services as a simpler alternative to heavyweight SOAP-based > Web services where appropriate. In fact, when asked to indicate their past, > present, and estimated future use of SOAP-based Web services vs. REST-based > Web services, respondents show a marked drop-off in use of SOAP, from 54% a > year ago to a projected 42% in the next 18 months. The number primarily using > or considering REST-based Web services is predicted to grow by a proportional > amount, from 14% to 24% over the same time frame. > > Slow but steady attrition for SOAP and slow but steady growth for REST... >
