Service-Oriented Architectures and Web Services: Course Tutorial and Lab Notes

TL;DR

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for developing web services using various open-source tools and platforms, aimed primarily at students learning about service-oriented architectures.

Contribution

It offers a practical, student-oriented guide for building web services with specific tools, based on real course needs and feedback.

Findings

Effective for teaching service-oriented web service development

Includes detailed setup and implementation instructions

Useful for students and practitioners outside the course context

Abstract

This document presents a number of quick-step instructions to get started on writing mini-service-oriented web services-based applications using OpenESB 2.31, Tomcat 6, GlassFish 2.x/3.0.1 with BPEL support, and Java 1.6+ primarily in Scientific Linux 6.6 with user quota restrictions. While the tutorial notes are oriented towards the students taking the SOEN487 on service-oriented architectures (SOA) at Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE) Department, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (ENCS), other may find some of it useful as well outside of CSE or Concordia. The notes are compiled mostly based on the students' needs and feedback.