I've read some compelling arguments that SOAP and the various other RPC formats are inherently overcomplicated, and that REST is a far better approach, being simpler, more robust, and more consistent across different REST-ful web-based services.
A quick google search came up with the following intro: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/02/19/developing-restful-web-services-in-perl.html "Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl" On Fri, April 18, 2008 3:51 pm, Jody Fanto said: > Hello all, > > After months of working with SOAP::Lite, I have concluded that it is just > not ready to inter-operate with Java. The most obvious short comings are > insufficient support for complex data types and WSDL generation/code > creation. I'm delighted to see increased traffic on the SOAP::Lite dev > list, but it's apparent that there's still a long road ahead. > > I write today not to rant, but to ask for your help. > > The project I'm working on has perl on the back end and java on the front > end. I have control over the perl back end, but not the java front end. > Going forward, I need to support an ever increasing number of web services > style requests. > > Are there perl alternatives to SOAP::Lite, or SOAP entirely, that you can > strongly recommend? Why? > > Thanks for your time, > --Jody > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
