WA1787 Designing and Developing Higher Performance Web Services Training Outline

1. Understanding Services
	Objectives Objects, components, services When do I need a service? Defining Services Service Communication Analogy Three Key Service Questions Connecting the Dots Anatomy of a Service Dispelling Service Myths Summary

2. Responsiveness, Scalability, and Reliability
	Understanding Responsiveness Actual Responsiveness Understanding Scalability Scalability Guidance Understanding Reliability Reliability Guidance

3. XML Performance
	Parsing Strategies Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 Asynchronous Performance Performance Best Practices

4. XML Structure and Schema Structure
	XML Schema XML Schema Impact Schema and Web Services Top down vs. Bottom up Shorter Names Avoid Excessive Nesting Attributes vs. Elements Primitive Types Arrays Review

5. High Performance Web Services
	WS Performance Strategies Strategy #1 Improve XML Performance Key Elements Analysis Analysis (cont d) Strategy #2 Improve Transport Performance Key Elements Analysis Analysis (cont d) Strategy #3 Non-XML Message Format Key Elements Analysis Strategy #4 Non-HTTP Protocol Key Elements Analysis Strategy #5 Scale the System Key Elements Analysis Comparing the Strategies Comparing the Strategies (cont d)

6. High Performance Infrastructure
	SOA Infrastructure and Tools Network Appliances Enterprise Service Bus Service Container Business Rules Engine Business Activity Monitoring Service & Policy Management Business Process Engine Service Registry Service Repository Development Tools Tool Combinations Performance Tools

7. Requirements, Testing, and Verification
	Collecting performance expectations Collecting performance expectations (cont d) Identifying performance requirements Good vs. Bad Requirements Documenting performance requirements OASIS SOA-RM View Governance by Policy Policy Types Policy Scope Service Contracts Service Contract Types What About WSDL? Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Defining Service Levels Testing Introduction Testing service performance (per request) Testing service performance (load-based) Stages of Governance Supporting Infrastructure

8. Governing Service Performance
	Defining performance expectations Identifying objective metrics and remediation Enterprise-wide performance governance Governance Life Cycle Stages Design-time performance governance Change-time performance governance Run-time performance governance Performance governance recommendations Performance governance gotchas

Appendix A. Using JAX-WS to Parse the Raw XML
	Objectives Working With Raw XML Raw XML: Server Side XML Handling Strategies Parsing Using SAX Parsing Using DOM Raw XML: Client Side Client Side Example Summary

Appendix B. REST Services
	Objectives Many Flavors of Services Understanding REST RESTful Services REST Resource Examples SOAP Equivalent Examples REST vs SOAP Communication More REST vs SOAP REST vs SOAP Summary Summary

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WA1787 Designing and Developing Higher Performance Web Services Training Outline

1. Understanding Services

2. Responsiveness, Scalability, and Reliability

3. XML Performance

4. XML Structure and Schema Structure

5. High Performance Web Services

6. High Performance Infrastructure

7. Requirements, Testing, and Verification

8. Governing Service Performance

Appendix A. Using JAX-WS to Parse the Raw XML

Appendix B. REST Services