SOA for Developers training course

Course Detail

A Service Oriented Methodology

Introduction to a SOA adoption roadmap
Service lifecycle
Three analysis approaches
Service oriented analysis
Service oriented design
Introduction to service oriented patterns

Advantages of SOA

Traditional EAI Approach 
Problems With Traditional EAI Approach 
Enter Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) 
Build the Services 
We Can Easily Change the Process 
Change Flow Using Legacy Approach 
Replacing an Application 
Other Advantages 
Business Advantages 
Adoption Stages

Defining a Service in WSDL

Sample WSDL Document Structure 
One-way 
Request-Response 
Solicit-Response 
Syntax 
SOAP Binding Example 
WSDL SOAP Binding Extensions

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

Objectives 
SOAP Overview 
Why do you need SOAP? 
SOAP In Protocol Stack 
Header Attributes 
SOAP Body 
SOAP Fault 
Document/Literal Style 
Document/Literal Wrapped Style 
Details of the Wrapped Style

Service Oriented Analysis & Design

Objectives 
Stages of SOAD 
Identifying services 
Producing service specifications 
Functional areas of the business.
Services belonging to these functional areas 
Functionalities belonging to these services 
Documenting service hierarchy 
Best practices 
Summary

Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Service invocation 
Legacy system Integration 
Web services to the Rescue 
The role of ESB in SOA 
Security and ESB

Business Process Implementation

Business Process Diagram 
Challenges in Process Implementation 
BPEL4WS 
Partnership 
Example: a Buy-Sell Partnership 
Modeling Partnership in BPEL 
Variables 
Simple Activities 
Invoke Activity 
Structured Activities 
Lifecycle of Process Development 
Follow Integration Patterns 
Example: A Simple Process

Messaging Architecture

What is messaging and why do we need them? 
How to use messaging in SOA? 
SOAP over JMS details. 
Modeling services well suited for messaging. 
Correlation and why do we need them? 
How to use correlation in SOA. 
How to implement publish subscribe in SOA? 
Sample scenarios

Layered Architecture

The layers pattern.
Classic three-their architecture.
Connecting to the domain layer.
Linking to the User interface.
Using packages to decompose a system.
Avoiding mutual dependencies.
What is layering and why we need them? 
Application service layer 
Business service layer 
Orchestration service layer

Transaction Management

The ACID properties. 
Local vs. distributed transaction. 
New challenges with transaction in SOA. 
Transaction from a specific service call. 
Transaction in a long running business process. 
What is compensation and why do we need them? 
How to implement compensation?

Software Platform for SOA

Software Tools for SOA 
The Need for a Tool 
SOA Development Life Cycle 
Oracle BP Manager
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
Rational Application Developer (RAD) 
Key Features 
Web Services Support 
Runtime Products for SOA

Conclusions

New implementation paradigms
The benefits of employing SOA
Review of common business goals
The risks associated with the SOA approach
Evaluating tradeoff strategies