Doug Porter is a software developer with DailyAccess Corporation. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and a Certified PowerBuilder Professional and was a speaker at TechWave 2004. He holds a BA in Spanish and an MS in CIS from the University of South Alabama where he has also worked as an adjunct instructor. Doug works extensively with EAServer, PowerBuilder, and Java developing client/server and Web applications for the financial industry.
Unless you have been hiding in a cave for the past couple of years, you are
probably well aware of the buzz surrounding service-oriented architecture
(SOA). This concept of interaction among loosely coupled collections of
components is often implemented through a series of services accessible over
HTTP that processes requests and responses (Web services). As a PowerBuilder
developer you may be wondering how you can join the SOA party while still
leveraging your existing skills. This article will walk you through three
techniques available to the PowerBuilder developer (even if you may not be on
a currently supported version).
Accessing a Web service is very similar to visiting a Web page containing
parameters in the URL or submitting a form on a Web page. An HTTP request... (more)
Doug Porter is a software developer with DailyAccess Corporation. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and a Certified PowerBuilder Professional and was a speaker at TechWave 2004. He holds a BA in Spanish and an MS in CIS from the University of South Alabama where he has also worked as an adjunct instructor. Doug works extensively with EAServer, PowerBuilder, and Java developing client/server and Web applications for the financial industry.
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