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Foundations of Programming: Web Services

3h 17m Beginner Aug 21, 2013

Web services drive communication on the web and they have been at the core of modern application architectures for many years. Regardless of what language or platform a developer is using, understanding how web services work is a critical skill. David Gassner starts this course with a definition of web services and explores their history and use in distributed computing. He then explores the transport protocols HTTP and SMTP; messaging formats such as SOAP, ATOM, JSON, and Plain Old XML (POX); and service standards like SOAP toolkits, REST, and OData. Plus, learn how to secure your communications across the web with API keys and other security standards.

Note: The course includes examples of a variety of server- and client-based implementations and coding excerpts in Java, JavaScript, C#, and PHP.

Topics include:

What is a web service?
Understanding the available transfer protocols and message formats
Examining SOAP request and response formats
Creating a simple SOAP service in ASP.NET
Choosing a SOAP implementation
Associating REST actions with HTTP requests
Sending RESTful requests
Creating OData request URIs
Securing web services

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