Distributed components are certainly not brand new; they have been around for at least 15 years, if not longer. (The answer as to how much reuse is really going on is still an open one, however.) But ...

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Because the point of this column is the code in the client, I'll just build a dummy Web API service. My first method, which will be automatically called whenever an HTTP Get method without parameters ...

Some observers still refer to testing as the stepchild of application development. On the other hand, Jason Bloomberg, an analyst with Boston-based ZapThink, calls testing the ''ugly duckling.'' ''If ...

iTKO, Inc., a provider of complete testing solutions for SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) software, today announced it has released LISA WS-Testing, a fully functional Web services testing solution ...

WebInject is a super-lightweight testing tool that can automate the testing of both Web services and Web applications. In fact, WebInject’s ability to test XML/SOAP Web services appears to be a recent ...

Mindreef plans to expand its Web services testing capabilities in the second quarter of this year to automate test scenarios based on WSDL contracts. Load testing for Web services also is a focus for ...

SOAP is the currency of the SOA marketplace – for now, anyway. Though SOAP’s significance may diminish as Web services evolve, its importance for the time being is unquestionable. Therefore, a ...