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Alexis Marrero-Narváez
amarrero at mitre.org
Tue Jun 14 17:35:18 EDT 2005
http://www.redcoat.net/pics/answer.gif Promise! /amn On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Graham Dumpleton wrote: > Did you try reading the ZSI documentation? > > http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ > zsi.html#SECTION003130000000000000000 > > > On 14/06/2005, at 10:54 PM, Alexis Marrero-Narváez wrote: > > >> Does anyone has a "Hello World" example of a web service using ZSI? >> >> /amn >> >> On Jun 14, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Graham Dumpleton wrote: >> >> >>> >>> On 14/06/2005, at 6:17 PM, Gregory Bond wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>> The upshot is that I have to agree with >>>>> Graham D's response: use XML-RPC: it's well standardized and >>>>> usable >>>>> from a huge number of clients with minimal effort. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I was under the impression that MS web services were SOAP based >>>> not XML-RPC based? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> If you are writing some new services, does it matter what MS uses >>> for there own? >>> If you are having to write clients against MS web services then I >>> can understand >>> the need to talk SOAP, but other than that SOAP wouldn't be my >>> first choice, or >>> my second, or my third, .... >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Web Services, but the >>>> requirement is pretty much that Joe Punter somewhere on the web >>>> can use his normal PC dev tools and code up calls to my Python >>>> functions (in VB, Excel or Visual Studio etc) just as easily/ >>>> conveniently as if I had published the service using IIS or >>>> whatever is the official MS-blessed way of doing this. >>>> My international colleagues are using WebLogic or JBOSS for >>>> doing web services, but they are a java shop and all my logic is >>>> in python! >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Hmmm, I have never seen the words "easily/conveniently" mentioned >>> in conjunction >>> with SOAP before. I also wouldn't assume that just because you >>> publish a SOAP >>> API that someone will go to the effort of specially writing >>> clients to use it. >>> The only SOAP API I have seen really take off in that way was >>> Google search. >>> >>> >>> >>>> You are in a maze of twisty little acronyms, all different. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Sounds just like SOAP. :-) >>> >>> Sorry if I sound cynical. You might find the following an >>> interesting read: >>> >>> http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/soap-is-dead >>> >>> Reminded me that the other alternative to SOAP/XML-RPC is REST >>> style web services. >>> >>> Graham >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mod_python mailing list >>> Mod_python at modpython.org >>> http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mod_python mailing list >> Mod_python at modpython.org >> http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >> > >
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