title: Imbibing Java Web Services: A Step by Step Approach for Learning Web Services
author: Srinivas Mudunuri
description: Srinivas earned his masters degree in Machine Design Engineering from Roorkee-IIT, India. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP), Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD), Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA), Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD), Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services (SCDJWS), Bea Weblogic Certified Enterprise Developer 7.0 and an Open Group Certified TOGAF-9 Practitioner. Srinivas has been working with Java related technologies since its very early days. He has over 18 years of experience in developing the enterprise applications using Java related technologies. Srinivas is currently working as a senior Java developer and TOGAF practitioner in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the author of following books. - Imbibing Java Web Services  A Step by Step Approach for Learning Java Web Services. - Spring Framework  A Step by Step Approach for Learning Spring Framework. - MyBatis in Practice  A Step by Step Approach for Learning MyBatis Framework. - Android Tutorial Guide  A Step by Step Approach for Learning Android Development.
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  About the Tutorial 
  RESTful Web Services are basically REST Architecture based Web Services. In REST 
  Architecture everything is a resource. RESTful web services are light weight, highly 
  scalable and maintainable and are very commonly used to create APIs for web-based 
  applications. 
  This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESTful Web Services and contains chapters 
  discussing all the basic components of RESTful Web Services with suitable examples. 
   
  Audience 
  This tutorial is designed for Software Professionals who are willing to learn RESTful Web 
  Services in simple and easy steps. This tutorial will give you great understanding on 
  RESTful Web Services concepts and after completing this tutorial you will be at 
  intermediate level of expertise from where you can take yourself at higher level of 
  expertise. 
   
  Prerequisites 
  Before proceeding with this tuto