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SOA Principles of Service Design (Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl) | 
| Author: Thomas Erl
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 20344
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0132344823
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.22
EAN: 9780132344821
ASIN: 0132344823
Publication Date: August 2, 2007
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 Not for a developer December 1, 2008
As a developer interested in SOA I bought this book hoping to learn about service design and best practices. I found this book very dry and did not feel that I got much from the book. It is the first book I have bought that I have not completed. (I got 3/4 of the way before losing the will to read.)
Awful November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is certainly one of the worst books I've read. My main complaints are:
1) The book is incredibly slow/tedious and boring, though I should have expected that after reading some of Erl's other books.
2) The style of SOA described is, in my view, not workable for most companies. For example its focussed on upfront design and entity services with lots of reuse. A few google searches will show that this is not the only approach you can take and in my view a business oriented SOA, using agile approaches and wrapping coherent domain models is a totally valid alternative.
In any case I wouldn't recommend anyone read this, instead I'd recommend that people look at Enterprise SOA which is a far more interesting read.
 A must-read for SOA practitioners January 28, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book!
Thomas Erl documents a set of guidelines for effective design decisions to make SOA real.
This book fills the gap between the pubblications that cover SOA in pure conceptual terms and those that deal with the details of web service implementations.
Each chapter cuts through the hype of SOA by giving clear definitions, guidelines, and metrics that link the conceptual, logical and physical aspects of a Service Oriented Architecture.
This series is going to become for SOA what "Design patterns" of the "Gang of Four" has been for Object Oriented design.
I am looking forward to reading the next pubblication: SOA Patterns.
Comprehensive SOA Manual December 19, 2007
Thomas Erl's books are of extremely high quality, have masses of information packed within the covers but still remain readable and practical. I've undertaken a complex new SOA initiative and have relied heavily on the information within this book, from first principals through to detailed case studies the book has been my guide and I find it now in a "well-thumbed" state on my shelf. Indispensable.
Very practical guide September 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've heard some people describe Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a 'silver bullet' that can solve all IT and business problems. Their less enthusiastic colleagues have described SOA as the IT 'flavour of the month'. Like most things, the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes.
Thomas Erl gives a very practical and understandable explanation of SOA and service design as really the next evolution of good software engineering. There are many SOA buzzwords and concepts that are used rather haphazardly by people in the software industry. Erl explains them all in a precise manner that will really cement your understanding of the underlying design principles whether you have a little or a lot of experience. This is a good book to both read now and use as a reference later.
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