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Implementing Entity Services using NoSQL – Part 5: Improving autonomy using the Cloud
In the previous posts I discussed how I went about building my SOA ‘Entity’ service for Products by using a combination of Java Web Services, Java EE and the CouchDB NoSQL database. ...

Implementing Entity Services using NoSQL – Part 4: Java EE
Now that I have prepared a skeleton contract-first web-service and created a data access layer using Ektorp and CouchDB, it’s time to wire them together into a fully working entity ...

Implementing Entity Services using NoSQL – Part 3: CouchDB
Following on from Part 2 of this series where I created and deployed the Product Entity Service using the SOA ‘contract-first’ technique, I’m now going to work on the NoSQL database ...

Implementing Entity Services using NoSQL – Part 2: Contract-first
It’s time to begin the coding of my SOA entity service with NoSQL project, and as promised I’m starting with the web service’s contract. Take a look at Part 1 of this series. This ...

Implementing Entity Services using NoSQL – Part 1: Outline
Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing some R&D into the advantages of using NoSQL databases to implement Entity services (also known as Data Services). Entity service is a classification ...

How to build a DIY Service Repository
Every Jedi faces the moment in their life when their Lightsaber simply fails to perform as expected and he or she has bite the bullet and build a better one. Not being a Jedi I clearly ...

Top 5 SOA gotchas and how to avoid them
After 5 years of designing and building award winning service oriented architectures, I thought I’d share my top 5 SOA gotcha’s and some general hints on how you can avoid them ...


