You could also try working through the examples that come with CXF.... There are a number of simple samples that should get you up and running.
> -----Original Message----- > From: ejf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 11:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Starting out > > Jason, > I know what you mean when it comes to really applying > frameworks or, at least, ways to handle a real "web service". > Half the blogs on web services or SOA are marketing and > managerial fluff. For good and not so good examples of how to > create web services, I'd suggest the following: > > grab the following: > xfire - http://xfire.codehaus.org > <http://xfire.codehaus.org/> - go through all the examples > that come with it as well as the test cases that come with > the source files axis 1.2 - > http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/install.html - yup, axis 1.2, > set it up per tutorial to note the axis-only approach celtix > - to illustrate what an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is > > for its great simplicity, I've used xfire for basic web > services and integration with online applications. > And watch as cxf develops further... > e.j. Fuhr > > > > > > Jason wrote: > > > Hi > > Ok, my experience of 'web-services' currently extends to 4-days of > > confusion trying to assimilate various tutorials, blog entries, > > webcasts etc (although I've also read Eric Newcomer's book). So, I > > have a 10,000 ft kind of understanding ... > > My question is simple. What learning resources should I spend > > valuable time ploughing through to get down to the > ground-level with > > cxf? I've looked at Sun's tutorial on Jax-WS and tutorials > at Celtix > > / Xfire, but it's not immediately clear to me how I relate > them to cxf. > > Essentially I'm looking at Callisto with a large number of new cxf > > projects in the explorer and ... what/where next? > > I was working through a FUSE tutorial until a fatal error left me > > stranded and prompted me to look at cxf, although I'm more > inclined to > > commit resource to cxf because of its support for REST. I > therefore > > kinda want to build my own cxf tutorial. > > Thanks for your help, and perhaps any answers to this mail will be > > helpful to other novices. > > Many thanks > > Jason > > > > > > > > > >
