Understanding Basic SOA Concepts

Module #2 from the ZapThink Licensed Partner Program training materials.

This module covers:

  • SOA shifts the way we think
  • What are Services?
  • Characteristics of Services
  • Service Orientation
  • How to Think Service-Oriented
  • SOA Abstraction Layer
  • Service Orientation Idées Fortes
  • What about Coupling?
  • Service Contracts & Loose Coupling
  • Benefits & Challenges
  • The Challenges with doing SOA right
  • Emerging Best Practices
  • Service Invocation Styles
  • Interoperability vs. Portability
  • Event-Driven Architecture vs. SOA

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