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Title: Nice high level Web Services over view
Review: I'm buying web services books like mad it seems. This book is nicely written, OK authority and accuracy (given the 2 book or sobook back ground I have so far) but ZERO code. Not one line of java, C++or fortran. No mention of real frameworks (besides .Net by name only).How can a book be titled Understanding (any thing) and have no realworking examples, deployable components, downloadable web services based on some framework.Forget this book unless you're looking for a very high level understanding of the associated XML specs and architecture. You'll not hear about the Apache Axis project, substantive implementation details of .Net or any other framework in this book.My quest for one or two good books that cover real commercial quality design, patterns and code goes on.
