Resources

Learn

• Read the following IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journals:
  • "Building SOA solutions with the Service Component Architecture -- Part 1" (developerWorks, Oct 2005)
  • "Reliable and repeatable unit testing for Service Component Architecture modules -- Part 1" (developerWorks, Aug 2006)
  
  
• Check out the "Rational Application Developer V6 Programming Guide," one of many IBM Redbooks.
  
  
• "Automatically generate project builds using Ant" (developerWorks, Jan 2007) gives you step-by-step instructions to automate your build procedure.
  
  
• Get more information about the Apache Jakarta Cactus framework.
  
  
• Learn more about the JUnit framework.
  
  
• Visit the Apache Ant Web site.
  
  
• Get more information about the Assert class.
  
  
• Get more information about the <soap:address> tag.
  
  
• The SOA and Web services zone on IBM developerWorks hosts hundreds of informative articles and introductory, intermediate, and advanced tutorials on how to develop Web services applications.
  
  
• The IBM SOA Web site offers an overview of SOA and how IBM can help you get there.
  
  
• Stay current with developerWorks technical events and webcasts. Check out the following SOA and Web services tech briefings in particular:
  • Get started on SOA with WebSphere's proven, flexible entry points
  • Building SOA solutions and managing the service lifecycle
  • SCA/SDO: To drive the next generation of SOA
  • SOA reuse and connectivity
  
  
• Browse for books on these and other technical topics at the Safari bookstore.
  
  
• Check out a quick Web services on demand demo.
  
  

Get products and technologies

• Download a free trial version of Rational Software Architect. Note: IBM Rational Agent Controller is included in the for-purchase version, not in the trial version.
  
  
• Innovate your next development project with IBM trial software, available for download or on DVD.
  
  

Discuss

• Participate in the discussion forum.
  
  
• Get involved in the developerWorks community by participating in developerWorks blogs, including the following SOA and Web services-related blogs:
  • Service Oriented Architecture -- Off the Record with Sandy Carter
  • Best Practices in Service-Oriented Architecture with Ali Arsanjani
  • WebSphere SOA and J2EE in Practice with Bobby Woolf
  • Building SOA applications with patterns with Dr. Eoin Lane
  • Client Insights, Concerns and Perspectives on SOA with Kerrie Holley
  • Service-Oriented Architecture and Business-Level Tooling with Simon Johnston
  • SOA, ESB and Beyond with Sanjay Bose
  • SOA, Innovations, Technologies, Trends...and a little fun with Mark Colan
  
  

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Table of contents

• Before you start
• Introduction
• Prepare your testing environment
• Unit testing
• Component testing
• Service Component Architecture testing
• Test automation using Ant scripts
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• Download
• Resources
• About the author

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