Until REST APIs came along, SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) was the de facto standard protocol on which web services were based. When working in ASP.Net Core, you might well encounter the need to ...

There has been some subterranean discussion in the content management standards arena about what is the best way to support the interoperability of content services with applications. Should vendors ...

Loraine Lawson just posted a thought-provoking piece, asking if SOAP is "holding back business." SOAP versus REST was an inside-the-datacenter developers' debate, but there's more at stake these days, ...

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A bit of rest always helps. We have to seize every opportunity to pause and reflect on where we’ve been before making new plans to move forward. In the topsy-turvy world of SOA (Service-Oriented ...

While SOAP-based web services form the backbone of most legacy web service implementations, RESTful APIs have become the de facto standard for cloud-native microservices development. In this ...

Remember the heyday of Web services, when we were always just one specification away from perfect interoperability? Ultimately, that towering stack of protocols collapsed under its own weight. SOAP ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Editor's Note: This web services development tutorial was published in 2001, and remains a very popular article on TheServerSide. This article still provides great value, but significant changes have ...