Service-Oriented Architecture

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Service-Oriented Architecture

This course is part of Software Design and Architecture Specialization

Instructor: Kenny Wong

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 week at 10 hours a week

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There are 4 modules in this course

Based on an understanding of architectural styles, you will review architectures for web applications, then explore the basics of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in two approaches: Web Services (WS*) and Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture.

In the Capstone Project you will connect a Java-based Android application with Elasticsearch, a web service with a REST application programmer interface (API). After completing this course, you will be able to: • Describe SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) to structure web-based systems. • Explain WS* services (i.e., SOAP over HTTP, WSDL, UDDI, BPEL). • Apply REST architecture (i.e., JSON over HTTP, URI). • Identify REST design principles. • Create a system using REST interfaces. • Apply microservice architecture.

In this module, we will introduce you to service-oriented architectures and their basic principles. Then, you will get a crash course on the technologies that underpin the Web, so that you are ready to learn about web services in the next module. This module also covers some earlier precursors of service-oriented architecture.

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9 videos5 readings1 assignment

9 videosTotal 79 minutes

4.1.1 – Introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture13 minutes
4.1.2 – Service Principles3 minutes
4.1.3 - Web Systems Evolution8 minutes
4.1.4 – Web Systems Architecture5 minutes
4.1.5 – HTML / XML / JSON5 minutes
4.1.6 – HTTP12 minutes
4.1.7 – JavaScript5 minutes
4.1.8 – Remote Procedure Call (RPC)14 minutes
4.1.9 – Object Brokers13 minutes

5 readingsTotal 50 minutes

Meet Your Presenter – Sam Jeffrey10 minutes
Meet Your Facilitators10 minutes
Discussion: Introduce Yourself10 minutes
Service-Oriented Architecture Course Notes10 minutes
Service-Oriented Architecture Glossary10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 1 Review30 minutes

WS*-style web services are a "first generation" group of specifications that work together to allow developers to develop and use web services. They are all based on XML. In this module you will learn some of the most important specifications of WS*-style web services: SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, and BPEL.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review

5 videosTotal 36 minutes

4.2.1 – Introduction to Web Services9 minutes
4.2.2 – Service Invocation (SOAP)7 minutes
4.2.3 – Service Description (WSDL)7 minutes
4.2.4 – Service Publication and Discovery (UDDI)8 minutes
4.2.5 – Service Composition (BPEL)6 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Discussion: Experience with Internal Web Services10 minutes
Peer Review Request Forum10 minutes
Capstone Assignment 4.1 - Determine the app's information needs10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 2 Review30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Capstone Assignment 4.1 – Determine the app's information needs60 minutes

RESTful web services are another style of web services based on lightweight HTTP methods. They have largely superseded WS*-style services because of their relative simplicity. In this module, you will learn about RESTful services and how to design them. You will also learn a bit about microservices, a software architecture for applications that is based on services.

What's included

3 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review

3 videosTotal 29 minutes

4.3.1 – Introduction to REST7 minutes
4.3.2 – Designing a REST Service11 minutes
4.3.3 – Introduction to Microservices11 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Answer to REST service ungraded assignment10 minutes
Discussion: Ideas for REST Web Services10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 3 Review30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

REST Services (Practice)60 minutes

In the previous modules, you determined an Android application’s information needs when storing data remotely. Now, in the final module of the course, you will fully connect the application to a remote Elasticsearch server to allow users to share information across their devices. After completing this task, you will be ready to complete the final exam.

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3 readings1 assignment1 peer review

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